NCT02656641

Using the PHQ-9 and GAD-7 as Feedback Instruments in Brief Psychotherapy

Using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-Item Scale (GAD-7) as Feedback Instruments in Brief Psychotherapy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 81 (actual)
• Sponsor: Christiana Care Health Services · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 64 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will assess the effects of client feedback, using the Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 and Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-Item Scale, on depression and anxiety in individuals undergoing brief psychotherapy. Client feedback allows therapists to monitor treatment progress in real time. Identifying an easily accessible treatment intervention, which utilizes commonly used scales, that potentially enhances the effect of brief psychotherapy and improves treatment outcomes is a valuable endeavor with clear implications for therapy practices. It is hypothesized that clients who complete these scales each session will show greater symptom improvement than clients who do not complete the scales.

Conditions

• Depressive Symptoms
• Anxiety States, Neurotic

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Continuous Client Feedback	Clients complete rating scales before each therapy session. The therapist then views these results and discusses treatment progress with the client during the session.
BEHAVIORAL	Continuous Self Feedback	Clients complete rating scales before each therapy session. Progress is not reviewed with the therapist.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-11-01
• Primary completion: 2016-08-31
• Completion: 2016-08-31
• First posted: 2016-01-15
• Last updated: 2017-07-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States