The association between retrospective outcome evaluations and pre-post-treatment changes in psychodynamic group-psychotherapy |
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Authors: | Jensen Hans Henrik Mortensen Erik Lykke Lotz Martin |
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Institution: | Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. H.H.Jensen@pubhealth.ku.dk |
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Abstract: | In the present study of 203 patients in psychodynamic group psychotherapy, we explore associations between patient and therapist global retrospective outcome evaluations (ROE), and pre-post-treatment changes on the Symptom Check List 90 Revised (SCL-90-R) and non-symptomatic focus of therapy. There were no significant associations between ROE, diagnoses and demographic variables, and pre-treatment SCL-90-R associations were negligible (less than 4% of overlapping variance). SCL-90-R subscale improvement expressed as residual gain score explained the overall largest percent of variance in both patients and therapists (44% and 25%, respectively) when compared with raw difference scores (32% and 18%), and percent reduction from baseline (34% and 23%). Moreover, ROE/end-state adjustment associations were substantial (42% and 24%). Therapists' evaluation of change showed the strongest association with improvement in non-symptomatic focus of therapy, while patients' evaluation had the strongest association with improvement in SCL-Depression. It is concluded that retrospective evaluations reflect changes related to treatment. However, unexplained variance may be independent of symptomatic state, and associated with personality factors or domains not captured by standard questionnaires. |
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Keywords: | Retrospective outcome evaluations SCL-90-R measurement of change residual gain score raw difference score end-state adjustment |
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