• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: A Comparison of Parent and Therapist Ratings of Outcome in a Child Mental Health Clinic
  • Beteiligte: Garcia, Ruth; Joseph, Terry; Turk, Jeremy; Basu, Robin
  • Erschienen: Wiley, 2002
  • Erschienen in: Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 7 (2002) 4, Seite 168-172
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1111/1475-3588.00030
  • ISSN: 1475-357X; 1475-3588
  • Schlagwörter: Psychiatry and Mental health ; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:p><jats:bold>Aim:</jats:bold> The study's aim was to ascertain how much parents and therapists agree about therapy outcome.</jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Method:</jats:bold> We contacted 50 recently helped families using postal questionnaires including a 7‐item outcome scale derived from MAISY data system. We used a weighted kappa test to compare parents and therapists views.</jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:</jats:bold> Response rate was 63.8%. Observed agreement was 73%, and expected agreement 54%, producing a kappa of 0.42 consistent with moderate parent‐therapist agreement.</jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Discussion:</jats:bold> Results are consistent with parents and therapists having similar perceptions of therapy outcome. It is important to monitor parental and professional views and the extent to which they coincide.</jats:p>