Standardization of health outcomes assessment for depression and anxiety: recommendations from the ICHOM Depression and Anxiety Working Group.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

National initiatives, such as the UK Improving Access to Psychological Therapies program (IAPT), demonstrate the feasibility of conducting empirical mental health assessments on a large scale, and similar initiatives exist in other countries. However, there is a lack of international consensus on which outcome domains are most salient to monitor treatment progress and how they should be measured. The aim of this project was to propose (1) an essential set of outcome domains relevant across countries and cultures, (2) a set of easily accessible patient-reported instruments, and (3) a psychometric approach to make scores from different instruments comparable.

Methods

Twenty-four experts, including ten health outcomes researchers, ten clinical experts from all continent

SUBMITTER: Obbarius A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5681977 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature