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The acceptability and effectiveness of patient-reported assessments and feedback in a managed behavioral healthcare
Benjamin B Brodey1, Brian Cuffel, Joyce McCulloch
1TeleSage, Inc, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. bbbrodey@telesage.com.
Objective:
To determine whether providing clinicians with the results of a patient-reported mental health assessment would have a significant impact on patients' mental health outcomes.
Study Design:
The study used a portion of the SCL-90 (Symptom Checklist-90) to track the perceived mental health of 1374 patients in a managed behavioral healthcare system over 6 weeks.
Methods:
Participants were randomized into a feedback group whose clinicians received clinical feedback reports at intake and at 6 weeks, and a control group whose clinicians received no report.
Results:
Patients in the feedback group achieved statistically significant improvement in clinical status relative to controls.
Conclusions:
Overall, the study suggests that patient-reported mental health assessments have the potential both to become acceptable to clinicians and to improve the effectiveness of clinical care.
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