Day therapy outcomes

The efficacy of day therapy at all of our acute hospitals is measured using CORE (Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation) which was designed to provide a routine outcome measuring system for psychological therapies. It was recommend for use by the Department of Health in a paper "Organising and Delivering Psychological Therapies, 2004".

The tool consists of a self report quantitative questionnaire which uses 34 measurement statements in four areas:

1. Well being
2. Problems/Symptoms
3. Functioning
4. Risk

Each item is scored on a 5 point scale.

Clients were provided with CORE-OM and consent form at induction/assessment by a therapist and asked to complete it before attending their first therapy group. They were then provided with a second CORE-OM in the final therapy session on their last day of attendance. Comparisons are then made between the global mean score at the start and end of treatment.

Day Therapy CORE-OM

 Conclusions

  • 83% of patients show statistically and clinically significant improvement
  • No clients showed a deterioration in score
  • Patient's scores were comparable with the non-clinical population on discharge
  • The results indicate that patients in this sample made positive improvements during the period of day therapy service.  This lends evidence to support the efficacy of the service

 


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