Are problems prevalent and stable in non-clinical populations? Problems and test-retest stability of a patient-generated measure, PSYCHLOPS (Psychological Outcome Profiles), in a non-clinical student sample

Evans, Chris; Ashworth, Mark; Peters, M.

doi:10.1080/03069885.2010.503701

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“…Items are summed to provide a total score ranging from 0 to 20. An additional question on the PSYCHLOPS post-treatment questionnaire asks ‘Compared to when you started your sessions, how do you feel now?’ The scale - approved by the Plain English Campaign - has been shown to be valid and reliable [ 60 , 61 ].…”

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How do we improve men’s mental health via primary care? An evaluation of the Atlas Men’s Well-being Pilot Programme for stressed/distressed men

2016

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BackgroundOver three-quarters of all suicides are men (England and Wales), this is despite higher levels of anxiety and depression being reported by women. This disparity may in part be explained by atypical presentations of distress in men, and gendered issues around help-seeking. Consequently, the Atlas Men’s Well-being Programme was designed to engage stressed/distressed men who were patients at a London-based GP surgery. Atlas encouraged GPs to identify and refer men for counselling and/or acupuncture by raising their awareness of men’s distress. The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate Atlas in terms of patients’ characteristics, service utilisation, patient outcomes and cost implications.MethodsAll patients using the Programme were asked to complete a questionnaire before and after their Atlas sessions. Outcome measures included the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale, Perceived Stress Scale, Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale, a 11-point scale measuring physical health, and the Psychological Outcome Profiles (PSYCHLOPS), a patient-generated outcome measure. Additionally, for cost calculations, participants were asked about their employment, number of days off work due to illness, and their health and social care service use.Results102 participants were recruited, 82 completed pre- and post-treatment questionnaires. Comparisons pre- and post-treatment revealed a statistically significant improvement in anxious mood (p <0.001), perceived stress (p < 0.001), positive well-being (p = <0.001), PSYCHLOPS (p = <0.001) and physical health (p = 0.001), though not depressed mood (p = 0.660). Additionally, reductions in costs related to lost employment and health and social care use, exceeded the cost of Atlas counselling and acupuncture sessions, with an average saving of nearly £700 per patient.ConclusionsAtlas attendance was associated with improvements in patients’ mental and physical health, and demonstrated likely cost savings. It is now important to understand patient and stakeholder perspectives. Further research could compare usual care with the Atlas approach, and investigate full cost-effectiveness.

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How do we improve men’s mental health via primary care? An evaluation of the Atlas Men’s Well-being Pilot Programme for stressed/distressed men

2016

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“…Internal consistency was also good for CORE-OM with values for Cronbach's α almost identical to values found in Ashworth et al (2005) and Kristjansdottir et al (2012). Satisfactory test-retest reliability for PSYCHLOPS has already been demonstrated (Evans et al, 2010). These favorable reliability findings are most likely the result of the nomothetic features of PSYCHLOPS, but using standardized methods like rating scales to construct idiographic instruments is considered particularly important for reliability (Cone, 1986).…”

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A Validation and Replication Study of the Patient-Generated Measure PSYCHLOPS on an Icelandic Clinical Population

Héðinsson

Kristjánsdóttir

Ólason

et al. 2013

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

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PSYCHLOPS (Psychological Outcome Profiles; Ashworth et al., 2004 ) is a patient-generated outcome measure developed to be a sensitive indicator of change after therapy. It requires the patient to choose which symptoms or problems are most important to measure over the course of therapy. The present study replicates previous findings for the original version and validates the Icelandic version. The psychometric properties of PSYCHLOPS were investigated by comparing it to an established nomothetic outcome measure, CORE-OM. Icelandic versions of both questionnaires were administered to patients attending cognitive behavior group therapy in a mental-health setting in Iceland. PSYCHLOPS was found to be considerably more sensitive to change over therapy than CORE-OM; convergent and concurrent validity was supported, and internal reliabilities were satisfactory. The acceptability of the instrument was demonstrated by the high completion rate. Overall, these findings suggest that the Icelandic version of PSYCHLOPS has good psychometric properties, and the findings compared very favorably to previous findings. It is concluded that PSYCHLOPS should be considered a desirable instrument for evaluating mental-health outcome and a valuable complement to conventional nomothetic outcome measures.

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“…A recent IAPT pilot noted, for example, that the CORE System of evaluation was useful in 'demonstrating reliable and clinical change as well as contextualising a client's difficulties at point of intake and discharge' (Rao et al 2010, p. 2). Others have explored the relationship between DSM-IV and the taxonomy of roles (Rotten 2007) and the use of PSYCHLOPS (Evans et al 2010) in dramatherapy (Haythorne et al 2012).…”

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Approaches to the Futures of Research Part 2 (Based on the Conference Keynote, British Association of Dramatherapists Conference 2011, Measure for Measures, Researching, Re-Viewing and Re-Framing Dramatherapy in Practice)

Jones

2012

Dramatherapy

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This article, delivered in two parts, identifies and examines factors affecting the development of dramatherapy research. Drawing on qualitative research with Dramatherapists in a number of countries, it identifies three related challenges as a way of responding to the question, ‘What is the next developmental phase of dramatherapy research?’ This second article addresses these three challenges: ‘impact’; ‘reviewing dramatherapy's relationship with qualitative and quantitative methodologies’ and ‘in depth: increasing the field's research capacity’. The article ends with ‘An ABC of Dramatherapy Research Culture’ as a suggested basic definition of what a good future research culture for dramatherapy could be.

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Are problems prevalent and stable in non-clinical populations? Problems and test-retest stability of a patient-generated measure, PSYCHLOPS (Psychological Outcome Profiles), in a non-clinical student sample

Cited by 9 publications

References 16 publications

How do we improve men’s mental health via primary care? An evaluation of the Atlas Men’s Well-being Pilot Programme for stressed/distressed men

How do we improve men’s mental health via primary care? An evaluation of the Atlas Men’s Well-being Pilot Programme for stressed/distressed men

A Validation and Replication Study of the Patient-Generated Measure PSYCHLOPS on an Icelandic Clinical Population

Approaches to the Futures of Research Part 2 (Based on the Conference Keynote, British Association of Dramatherapists Conference 2011, Measure for Measures, Researching, Re-Viewing and Re-Framing Dramatherapy in Practice)

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