Transparency about the outcomes of mental health services (IAPT approach): an analysis of public data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Internationally, the clinical outcomes of routine mental health services are rarely recorded or reported; however, an exception is the English Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) service, which delivers psychological therapies recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence for depression and anxiety disorders to more than 537 000 patients in the UK each year. A session-by-session outcome monitoring system ensures that IAPT obtains symptom scores before and after treatment for 98% of patients. Service outcomes can then be reported, along with contextual information, on public websites.

Methods

We used publicly available data to identify predictors of variability in clinical performance. Using β regression models, we analysed the

SUBMITTER: Clark DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5820411 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature