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Mental health program monitoring: towards simplifying a complex task
Janet Durbin1, Peter Prendergast, Carolyn S Dewa
1Health Systems Research & Consulting Unit, Centre For Addiction & Mental Health, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Ontario. Janet_Durbin@camb.net
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal
|March 26, 2003
Summary
This guide offers mental health program staff an inventory of validated measures for routine monitoring of patient outcomes. It focuses on symptoms, functioning, quality of life, and satisfaction in community and outpatient settings.
Area of Science:
- Mental Health Services Research
- Program Evaluation
- Clinical Outcomes Measurement
Background:
- Assessing program impact and integrating valid outcome measures into routine practice presents a significant challenge for mental health services.
- Effective program evaluation requires accessible tools for monitoring patient status and progress.
Purpose of the Study:
- To provide mental health program staff with an accessible inventory of measures for routine monitoring.
- To facilitate the assessment of patient outcomes in outpatient and community mental health programs.
Main Methods:
- Compilation of an inventory of established measures.
- Focus on four key outcome domains: symptoms, functioning, quality of life, and satisfaction.
Main Results:
- The inventory includes examples of solid measures for assessing outcomes in core domains.
- Provides a foundational set of metrics for routine monitoring.
Conclusions:
- The presented inventory assists program staff in selecting appropriate measures for routine outcome monitoring.
- Offers a core set of measures that can be supplemented for specific program needs.