Validation of a scale for rating the delivery of psycho-social treatments for alcohol dependence and misuse: the UKATT Process Rating Scale (PRS).
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to describe the development and validation of the UK Alcohol Treatment Trial Process Rating Scale (UKATT PRS), a manual based method for monitoring and rating the delivery of psychosocial treatments of alcohol dependence and misuse.


METHODS
Following adaptation and further development of a validated rating scale, the ability of the UKATT PRS to rate the delivery of video-recorded treatment in the UK Alcohol Treatment Trial (UKATT) was tested.


RESULTS
Tests of the validity and reliability of the UKATT PRS show that it is valid and reliably able to detect the two treatments for which it was designed and to discriminate between them.


CONCLUSIONS
The UKATT PRS is a valid and reliable method of rating the frequency and quality of therapeutic style and content in the delivery of two psycho-social treatments of alcohol use and dependence.
Tober
Gillian
G
Leeds Addiction Unit, Leeds Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust, Leeds, UK. Gillian.tober@leedspft.nhs.uk
Clyne
Wendy
W
Finnegan
Olwyn
O
Farrin
Amanda
A
Russell
Ian
I
D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards*; D013811:Psychotherapeutic Processes; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards; D012919:Social Behavior; D006113:United Kingdom; D014743:Videotape Recording / Q000592:standards