Predicting Frequency of Treatment Visits in Community-Based Youth Psychotherapy.
Predicting Frequency of Treatment Visits in Community-Based Youth Psychotherapy.
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DOI：
10.1037/1541-1559.5.2.126
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发表时间：
2008-05-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Garland, Ann F
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作者：
Brookman-Frazee, Lauren;Haine, Rachel A;Garland, Ann F
当前的研究调查了与青少年和/或家庭参加治疗就诊次数相关的因素，包括社会人口统计学变量、青少年临床特征和入院时的父母/家庭特征、治疗师特征和治疗进入特征。该研究共纳入了两家公立青少年心理健康诊所的 57 名治疗师以及治疗师合并病例中的 169 名青少年和家长。负二项回归用于检查这些领域内的因素是否可以预测该基于社区的样本中的治疗就诊次数。治疗师和治疗进入特征都显着预测了治疗就诊的频率。具体而言，青少年自我报告的症状严重程度较高和父母与青少年治疗目标一致程度较高，与较高的治疗就诊次数相关。讨论了对研究和实践的影响。
The current study examines factors associated with the number of treatment visits attended by a youth and/or family, including sociodemographic variables, youth clinical characteristics and parent/family characteristics at intake, therapist characteristics, and treatment entry characteristics. A total of 57 therapists in two publicly-funded youth mental health clinics and 169 youths and parents from the therapists' combined caseloads were included in the study. Negative binomial regression was used to examine whether factors within these domains predict the number of treatment visits in this community-based sample. Both therapist and treatment entry characteristics significantly predicted the frequency of treatment visits. Specifically, youth self report of higher symptom severity and stronger parent-youth treatment goal agreement were associated with a higher number of treatment visits. Implications for research and practice are discussed.