Patient Feedback Effectiveness Study

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Substance Use Disorders

In brief

The purpose of the study is to determine if a semi-automated quality improvement system that provides addiction counselors with feedback on their average treatment satisfaction and therapeutic alliance (as rated by patients currently in treatment) is superior to no feedback in 32 community-based outpatient addiction treatment clinics.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00798044

Run by

University of Pennsylvania

People needed

118

Starts

2006-11-01

Expected to finish

2009-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-01-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• program: adult, outpatient, non-methadone maintenance substance abuse treatment programs
• clinician: must be leading at least one weekly group with minimum of 5 patients
• must be working at least 20% time at facility

You may not qualify if…

• clinics with fewer than 5 clinicians who conduct weekly group counseling
• clinics in which fewer than 50% of clinicians agree to participate

Where it is running

• New York University School of Medicine — New York, New York, United States
• University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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