Single-item patient-rated helpfulness and improvement as an alternative to standardized questionnaires for establishing anxiety and depression treatment efficacy.

ABSTRACT: Evidence-based psychological treatments for anxiety and depression are widely used, yet roughly half of those treated do not respond. Treatment response prediction could help to optimize patient outcomes and use of clinical resources. However, existing longitudinal studies with potentially valuable predictors are unlikely to include comprehensive, prospective measures of symptoms throughout therapy. Single-item patient ratings of helpfulness and improvement are a potentially cost-effective and efficient alternative, but their relationship with typically used change score measures is unknown. Data were analyzed from 135 participants (124 female sex; 120 female gender; 127 White) who received cognitive-behavioral therapy. Anxiety symptoms (Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7), depre

SUBMITTER: Sewerynek P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7618587 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature