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Developing a European Psychotherapy Consortium (EPoC): Towards adopting a single-item self-report outcome measure across European countries

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Gonçalves, Miguel M.
Lutz, Wolfgang
Schwartz, Brian
Oliveira, João Tiago
Saarni, Suoma E.
Tishby, Orya
Rubel, Julian A.
Boehnke, Jan R.
Montesano, Adrian
Paiva, Dario
Ceridono, Davide
Zech, Emmanuelle
Willemsen, Jochem
Saarni, Samuli I.
Kompan Erzar, Katarina
Janeiro, Luís
Gelo, Omar C. G.
Errázuriz, Paula
Holas, Pawel
Styła, Rafał
Rožič, Tatjana
Rosenström, Tom
Békés, Vera
Unoka, Zsolt
Barkham, Michael

Abstract / Description

Background: Complementing the development of evidence-based psychological therapies, practice-based evidence has developed from patient samples collected in routine care, addressing questions relevant to patients and practitioners, and thereby expanding our knowledge of psychological therapies and their impact. Implementation of assessments in routine care allows for timely clinical decision support and the collection of multiple practice-based data sets by addressing the needs of patients and clinicians (e.g., routine outcome monitoring) and the needs of researchers (e.g., identifying the impact of therapist variables on outcomes). Method: In this article we describe an initiative developed in Europe, through the European Chapter of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, aimed at creating a consortium that has the potential for collecting data on tens of thousands of patients per year. Results: A survey identified one of the main problems in the development of a common data set to be the heterogeneity of measures used by members (e.g., 87 different pre-post outcomes). We report on the results of the survey and the initial stage of identifying a single-item – the Emotional and Psychological Outcome (EPO-1) – measure and the process of its translation into multiple European languages. Conclusions: We conclude this first stage of the overall project by discussing the future potential of the Consortium in relation to the development of procedures that allow crosswalks of outcome measures and the creation of a task force that may be consulted when new data sets are collected, aiming for new common measures to be implemented and shared.

Keyword(s)

psychological therapies European Psychotherapy Consortium EPoC practice-based evidence routine outcome monitoring

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Date of first publication

2024-09-30

Journal title

Clinical Psychology in Europe

Volume

6

Issue

3

Article number

Article e13827

Publisher

PsychOpen GOLD

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publishedVersion

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peerReviewed

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Gonçalves, M. M., Lutz, W., Schwartz, B., Oliveira, J. T., Saarni, S. E., Tishby, O., Rubel, J. A., Boehnke, J. R., Montesano, A., Paiva, D., Ceridono, D., Zech, E., Willemsen, J., Saarni, S. I., Kompan Erzar, K., Janeiro, L., Gelo, O. C. G., Errázuriz, P., Holas, P.,...Barkham, M. (2024). Developing a European Psychotherapy Consortium (EPoC): Towards adopting a single-item self-report outcome measure across European countries. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 6(3), Article e13827. https://doi.org/10.32872/cpe.13827
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Gonçalves, Miguel M.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Lutz, Wolfgang
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Schwartz, Brian
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Oliveira, João Tiago
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Saarni, Suoma E.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Tishby, Orya
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Rubel, Julian A.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Boehnke, Jan R.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Montesano, Adrian
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Paiva, Dario
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Ceridono, Davide
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Zech, Emmanuelle
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Willemsen, Jochem
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Saarni, Samuli I.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Kompan Erzar, Katarina
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Janeiro, Luís
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Gelo, Omar C. G.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Errázuriz, Paula
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Holas, Pawel
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Styła, Rafał
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Rožič, Tatjana
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Rosenström, Tom
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Békés, Vera
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Unoka, Zsolt
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Barkham, Michael
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2024-12-30T10:13:03Z
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    2024-12-30T10:13:03Z
  • Date of first publication
    2024-09-30
  • Abstract / Description
    Background: Complementing the development of evidence-based psychological therapies, practice-based evidence has developed from patient samples collected in routine care, addressing questions relevant to patients and practitioners, and thereby expanding our knowledge of psychological therapies and their impact. Implementation of assessments in routine care allows for timely clinical decision support and the collection of multiple practice-based data sets by addressing the needs of patients and clinicians (e.g., routine outcome monitoring) and the needs of researchers (e.g., identifying the impact of therapist variables on outcomes). Method: In this article we describe an initiative developed in Europe, through the European Chapter of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, aimed at creating a consortium that has the potential for collecting data on tens of thousands of patients per year. Results: A survey identified one of the main problems in the development of a common data set to be the heterogeneity of measures used by members (e.g., 87 different pre-post outcomes). We report on the results of the survey and the initial stage of identifying a single-item – the Emotional and Psychological Outcome (EPO-1) – measure and the process of its translation into multiple European languages. Conclusions: We conclude this first stage of the overall project by discussing the future potential of the Consortium in relation to the development of procedures that allow crosswalks of outcome measures and the creation of a task force that may be consulted when new data sets are collected, aiming for new common measures to be implemented and shared.
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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    Gonçalves, M. M., Lutz, W., Schwartz, B., Oliveira, J. T., Saarni, S. E., Tishby, O., Rubel, J. A., Boehnke, J. R., Montesano, A., Paiva, D., Ceridono, D., Zech, E., Willemsen, J., Saarni, S. I., Kompan Erzar, K., Janeiro, L., Gelo, O. C. G., Errázuriz, P., Holas, P.,...Barkham, M. (2024). Developing a European Psychotherapy Consortium (EPoC): Towards adopting a single-item self-report outcome measure across European countries. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 6(3), Article e13827. https://doi.org/10.32872/cpe.13827
  • ISSN
    2625-3410
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/11293
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.15873
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.32872/cpe.13827
  • Is related to
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.15263
  • Keyword(s)
    psychological therapies
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  • Keyword(s)
    European Psychotherapy Consortium
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  • Keyword(s)
    EPoC
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  • Keyword(s)
    practice-based evidence
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  • Keyword(s)
    routine outcome monitoring
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Developing a European Psychotherapy Consortium (EPoC): Towards adopting a single-item self-report outcome measure across European countries
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  • DRO type
    article
  • Article number
    Article e13827
  • Issue
    3
  • Journal title
    Clinical Psychology in Europe
  • Volume
    6
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