Providing patient progress feedback and clinical support tools to therapists: Is the therapeutic process of patients on-track to recovery enhanced in psychosomatic in-patient therapy under the conditions of routine practice?

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 477-484

  Probst, Thomas ^a   Lambert, Michael J ^b   Dahlbender, Reiner W ^c   Loew, Thomas H ^d   Tritt, Karin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^d University Clinic of Regensburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical support Tools; Feedback; Inpatient treatment; Psychosomatics; Psychotherapy; Routine clinical care; Therapeutic process

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL SUPPORT TOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME QUESTIONNAIRE 45; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT ON TRACK TO RECOVERY; PATIENT PROGRESS FEEDBACK; PROGRESSIVE PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOSOMATICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM DISTRESS SCALE;

CLINICAL SUPPORT TOOLS; FEEDBACK; INPATIENT TREATMENT; PSYCHOSOMATICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; ROUTINE CLINICAL CARE; THERAPEUTIC PROCESS;

ADULT; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84900873952     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2014.03.010     Document Type: Article

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