Initial Development of Pragmatic Behavioral Activation Fidelity Assessments

Gibbons, MBC (通讯作者),Univ Penn, Dept Psychiat, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA.
2023-1
Purpose Our goal was to develop brief pragmatic assessments of Behavioral Activation (BA) fidelity to support its dissemination in low-resource settings. Methods We used qualitative and quantitative methods across three investigations to develop pragmatic assessments rated from the perspective of therapists, patients, and observers: (1) we developed an initial comprehensive pool of 119 items and adapted/refined the item pool to 32 items through stakeholder focus groups and cognitive interviews; (2) independent blind judges rated each of items in the refined item pool on an early session of BA for 64 patients to support the selection of items based on predictive validity; and (3) we conducted a preliminary evaluation of the acceptability and feasibility of the assessments of BA fidelity from the perspective of therapists and patients. Results The internal consistency reliability for the 10-item total score was .83 rated from the perspective of independent observers. The assessment was completed by patients following 90% of sessions and by clinicians following 93% of sessions. Items were rated high on overall satisfaction by both therapists (M = 4.6, SD = 0.89) and patients (M = 4.8, SD = 0.41). Conclusion Our findings suggest that these brief assessments of BA fidelity are reliable, feasible, and acceptable to community stakeholders.
ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY IN MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
卷号:50|期号:1|页码:1-16
ISSN:0894-587X|收录类别:SSCI
语种
英语
来源机构
University of Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE); West Chester University of Pennsylvania
被引频次(WOS)
0
被引频次(其他)
0
180天使用计数
2
2013以来使用计数
2
EISSN
1573-3289
出版年
2023-1
DOI
10.1007/s10488-022-01219-w
学科领域
循证公共卫生
关键词
Behavioral activation Fidelity Community mental health Pragmatic assessment Evidence-based
WOS学科分类
Health Policy & Services Public, Environmental & Occupational Health