Clinical trial NCT01986517: Feedback and Psychotherapeutic Competencies
Official title: Impact of Feedback on the Devolpment of Psychotherapeutic Competencies: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Mental Disorders
Keywords: Feedback
Therapeutic competencies
Training
Lead sponsor: Goethe University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2013-11-18
Enrollment: 20
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The purpose of the current study is to examine the influence of feedback on psychotherapeutic competency. The present randomized controlled study compares a feedback condition with a non-feedback condition. Therapists in the feedback condition receive feedback after every fourth session. The feedback is given by two trained and independent raters. The raters are licenced and experienced psychotherapists. Therapists in the non-feedback condition receive no feedback during the psychotherapy.


Eligibility criteria: Therapists

Inclusion Criteria:

* Having successfully completed the interim audit
* Having started to treat ambulant patients
* Remaining at least 6 month in the ambulance

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Patients

Inclusion Criteria:

* Meeting ICD 10 criteria for a mental disorder
* Informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

* Currently in psychotherapy
* Suicidal tendency
* Clinical diagnosis of alcohol or drug addiction, acute schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder or bipolar disorder
* Clinical diagnosis of personality disorder cluster A (odd disorders) and B (dramatic, emotional or erratic)

Primary outcomes:
measure: Cognitive Therapy Scale (CTS)
timeFrame: participants will be followed for the duration of psychotherapy, an expected average of 20 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Helping Alliance Questionaire (HAQ)
timeFrame: participants will be followed for the duration of psychotherapy, an expected average of 20 weeks
measure: Berner Stundenbögen Version 2000
timeFrame: participants will be followed for the duration of psychotherapy, an expected average of 20 weeks
measure: Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF)
timeFrame: participants will be followed for the duration of psychotherapy, an expected average of 20 weeks
measure: Supervisory Questionaire (SQ)
timeFrame: participants will be followed for the duration of psychotherapy, an expected average of 20 weeks
measure: Supervisee Levels Questionaire (SLQ-R)
timeFrame: participants will be followed for the duration of psychotherapy, an expected average of 20 weeks
measure: Counseling Self-Estimate Inventory (COSE)
timeFrame: participants will be followed for the duration of psychotherapy, an expected average of 20 weeks
measure: Fear of negative evaluation scale (Skala Angst vor negativer Bewertung; SANB)
timeFrame: participants will be followed for the duration of psychotherapy, an expected average of 20 weeks
measure: Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI)
timeFrame: participants will be followed for the duration of psychotherapy, an expected average of 20 weeks
measure: Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI II)
timeFrame: participants will be followed for the duration of psychotherapy, an expected average of 20 weeks
measure: Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)
timeFrame: participants will be followed for the duration of psychotherapy, an expected average of 20 weeks
measure: Client Satisfaction Questionaire (CSQ8)
timeFrame: participants will be followed for the duration of psychotherapy, an expected average of 20 weeks
measure: Health-related quality of life (SF-12)
timeFrame: participants will be followed for the duration of psychotherapy, an expected average of 20 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Frankfurt/ Main
country: Germany
facility: Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy of Goethe University
state: Hessen
Study officials:
affiliation: Goethe University
name: Florian Weck, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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