Volume 27, Issue 2
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2018.1064
Evaluation of a practice-oriented research device for the development of a feedback system in psychotherapy
Abstract
The aim of the current study is to expose and evaluate the experiences involved in the development of a Practice Oriented Research device in order to create a resource helpful for both: clinicians and researchers. An interdisciplinary team of managers of a clinic, therapists and researchers designed together a device for monitoring results and feedback for therapists which allows collecting periodic data of the patient's status and providing information about their evolution. The Treatment Evaluation System (SET) consists of five questions aimed at evaluating the general evolution of the patient. The SET has an alert system which warns the therapist, through a simple procedure, regarding situations that could be important to reconsider about the treatment of each patient. This alarm system includes: Alerts to monitor, alert for implementing closing interventions and alert to discharge patients. This article evaluates the interactive work process between clinicians and researchers and its results, in terms of the strengths and weaknesses of the clinical device developed for data collection, for clinical and research purposes, as well as aspects related to the sustainability over time of said device. Finally, we discussed the important of an integral work between these actors and obstacles observed throughout the process and tentative solutions for them are raised.