title: The effect of implementing the Outcome Questionnaire-45.2 feedback system in Norway: A multisite randomized clinical trial in a naturalistic setting.
abstract: It has been claimed that the monitoring of ongoing psychotherapy is of crucial importance for improving the quality of mental health care. This study investigated the effect of using the Norwegian version of the patient feedback system OQ-Analyst using the Outcome Questionnaire-45.2. Patients from six psychiatric clinics in Southern Norway (N = 259) were randomized to feedback (FB) or no feedback (NFB). The main effect of feedback was statistical significant (p = .027), corroborating the hypothesis that feedback would improve the quality of services, although the size of the effect was small to moderate (d = 0.32). The benefits of feedback have to be considered against the costs of implementation.
authors.affiliation: a Outpatient Clinic , Modum Bad Psychiatric Center , Vikersund , Norway.|b Research Institute , Modum Bad Psychiatric Center , Vikersund , Norway.
authors.forename: Ingunn
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Amble
authors.affiliation: b Research Institute , Modum Bad Psychiatric Center , Vikersund , Norway.
authors.forename: Tore
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gude
authors.affiliation: a Outpatient Clinic , Modum Bad Psychiatric Center , Vikersund , Norway.
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stubdal
authors.affiliation: c Baerum District Psychiatric Center , Vestre Viken HF , Drammen , Norway.
authors.forename: Bror Just
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.affiliation: b Research Institute , Modum Bad Psychiatric Center , Vikersund , Norway.|d Department of Counseling Psychology , University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison , WI , USA.
authors.forename: Bruce E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Wampold
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005246:Feedback; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000592:standards*; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: OQ-45; Outcome Questionnaire-45.2; effect; feedback; psychotherapy monitoring