What treatment outcomes matter most? A Q-study of outcome priority profiles among youth with lived experience of depression.

ABSTRACT: Interest in youth perspectives on what constitutes an important outcome in the treatment of depression has been growing, but limited attention has been given to heterogeneity in outcome priorities, and minority viewpoints. These are important to consider for person-centred outcome tracking in clinical practice, or when conducting clinical trials targeting specific populations. This study used Q-methodology to identify outcome priority profiles among youth with lived experience of service use for depression. A purposive sample of 28 youth (aged 16-21 years) rank-ordered 35 outcome statements by importance and completed brief semi-structured interviews eliciting their sorting rationales. By-person principal component analysis was used to identify outcome priority profiles based on all Q-sort

SUBMITTER: Krause KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9908724 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature