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. 2018 Sep;45(5):765-779.
doi: 10.1007/s10488-018-0862-1.

Attitudes of Austrian Psychotherapists Towards Process and Outcome Monitoring

Tim Kaiser  1 , Lisa Schmutzhart  2 , Anton-Rupert Laireiter  2
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Attitudes of Austrian Psychotherapists Towards Process and Outcome Monitoring

Tim Kaiser et al. Adm Policy Ment Health. 2018 Sep.

Abstract

While monitoring systems in psychotherapy have become more common, little is known about the attitudes that mental health practitioners have towards these systems. In an online survey among 111 Austrian psychotherapists and trainees, attitudes towards therapy monitoring were measured. A well-validated questionnaire measuring attitudes towards outcome monitoring, the Outcome Measurement Questionnaire, was used. Clinicians' theoretical orientations as well as previous knowledge and experience with monitoring systems were associated with positive attitudes towards monitoring. Possible factors that may have led to these findings, like the views of different theoretical orientations or obstacles in Austrian public health care, are discussed.

Keywords: Monitoring attitude; Outcome Measurement Questionnaire; Outcome monitoring; Process monitoring; Validation.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest

None of the authors have conflicting interests.

Informed consent

Participants were fully aware of the purpose of this study and the reasons they were included as participants. Subjects were aware that their data will be used for scientific purposes, treated confidentially and that all answers will be anonymized. Subjects had the opportunity to contact the authors with any questions and remarks concerning the study.

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Interaction effect of clinician gender and previous monitoring experience on attitude towards process monitoring. Error bars around means indicate 95% confidence intervals
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