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Effects of Systematic Patient Feedback on Therapy Outcome and Dropout: A Randomized Controlled Study on Adult Out-patients at a Community Mental Health Centre.

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What is being tested

Feedback

+ Control

Behavioral
Who is being recruted

Mental Disorders

Over 18 Years
+3 Eligibility Criteria
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How is the trial designed

Treatment Study

Interventional
Study Start: December 2012
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Summary

Principal SponsorNorwegian University of Science and Technology
Last updated: September 5, 2018
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Study start date: December 1, 2012

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of a feedback-system in psychotherapy on adult out-patients at a community mental health centre. It is hypothesized that the intervention will lead to more effective treatment, decreasing treatment dropout as well as improving patient-therapist relationship and patient activation in treatment.

NCT01796223
Principal SponsorNorwegian University of Science and Technology
Last updated: September 5, 2018
Sourced from a government-validated database.Claim as a partner

Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

170 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Treatment Study

These studies test new ways to treat a disease, condition, or health issue. The goal is to see if a new drug, therapy, or approach works better or has fewer side effects than existing options.

Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

Over 18 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers not allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

Mental Disorders

Criteria

3 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
Lack of ability to execute the practical procedures required for the project
Poor/no understanding of Norwegian language
Psychiatric emergency

Study Plan

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Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

2 intervention groups are designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Group I

Experimental
Feedback system included in psychotherapy

Group II

Active Comparator
Psychotherapy as usual

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.

This study has 1 location

Tiller Distriktspsykiatriske Senter

Trondheim, NorwayOpen Tiller Distriktspsykiatriske Senter in Google Maps
CompletedOne Study Center