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ArticleAdministration and policy in mental health2018

Monitoring Treatment Progress and Providing Feedback is Viewed Favorably but Rarely Used in Practice.

Amanda Jensen-Doss, Emily M Becker Haimes, Ashley M Smith, Aaron R Lyon, Cara C Lewis, Cameo F Stanick, Kristin M Hawley

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Article in Administration and policy in mental health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06515236 (Strategic Treatment Assessment With Youth), which is not on this map. Cited by 116 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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116citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06515236 naenrolling by invitationnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Strategic Treatment Assessment With Youth (STAY): A Measurement-based Care Approach to Promote Treatment Retention Among Racial and Ethnic Minoritized Youth With Depression or Suicide Risk

TypeinterventionalSponsorYale UniversityRan2025 to 2026Enrolled140ConditionsDepression in Adolescence, Suicide PreventionArmsStrategic Treatment Assessment for Youth (STAY), Measurement Based Care As Usual
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

116 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 246 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Amanda Jensen-DossChild Division, Department of Psychology, University of Miami, P.O. Box 248185, Coral Gables, FL, 33124-0751, USA. ajensendoss@miami.edu.
Emily M Becker HaimesChild Division, Department of Psychology, University of Miami, P.O. Box 248185, Coral Gables, FL, 33124-0751, USA.
Ashley M SmithChild Division, Department of Psychology, University of Miami, P.O. Box 248185, Coral Gables, FL, 33124-0751, USA.
Aaron R LyonUniversity of Washington, Seattle, USA.
Cara C LewisUniversity of Washington, Seattle, USA.
Cameo F StanickUniversity of Montana, Missoula, USA.
Kristin M HawleyUniversity of Missouri, Columbia, USA.
University of Miami · USIndiana University Bloomington · USSeattle University · USUniversity of Missouri · USUniversity of Montana · US

Funding

Standardized versus Tailored Implementation of Measurement Based Care for DepressionR01MH103310 · NIMH · TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · PI LEWIS, CARA CHARISSA · 2014 to 2017
$2.0M
Implementation of a Measurement Feedback System in School Mental HealthK08MH095939 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI LYON, AARON ROBERT · 2012 to 2016
$787k
NIMH NIH HHS K08 MH095939NIMH NIH HHS K08MH095939NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH103310NIMH NIH HHS R01MH103310
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Numerous trials demonstrate that monitoring client progress and using feedback for clinical decision-making enhances treatment outcomes, but available data suggest these practices are rare in clinical settings and no psychometrically validated measures exist for assessing attitudinal barriers to these practices. This national survey of 504 clinicians collected data on attitudes toward and use of monitoring and feedback. Two new measures were developed and subjected to factor analysis: The monitoring and feedback attitudes scale (MFA), measuring general attitudes toward monitoring and feedback, and the attitudes toward standardized assessment scales-monitoring and feedback (ASA-MF), measuring attitudes toward standardized progress tools. Both measures showed good fit to their final factor solutions, with excellent internal consistency for all subscales. Scores on the MFA subscales (Benefit, Harm) indicated that clinicians hold generally positive attitudes toward monitoring and feedback, but scores on the ASA-MF subscales (Clinical Utility, Treatment Planning, Practicality) were relatively neutral. Providers with cognitive-behavioral theoretical orientations held more positive attitudes. Only 13.9 % of clinicians reported using standardized progress measures at least monthly and 61.5 % never used them. Providers with more positive attitudes reported higher use, providing initial support for the predictive validity of the ASA-MF and MFA. Thus, while clinicians report generally positive attitudes toward monitoring and feedback, routine collection of standardized progress measures remains uncommon. Implications for the dissemination and implementation of monitoring and feedback systems are discussed.

Indexed as

Attitude of Health PersonnelClinical Decision-MakingFeedbackPractice Patterns, Physicians'PsychotherapyAdultAgedAged, 80 and overEvidence-Based PracticeFemaleHumansMaleMental DisordersMiddle AgedTreatment OutcomeAttitude measuresEvidence based practicePsychological assessmentTherapists

Identifiers

PMID27631610
PMCPMC5495625
OpenAlexW2507418551

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