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Clinical utility research: An introduction
Author(s) -
Beutler Larry E.,
Howard Kenneth I.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199804)54:3<297::aid-jclp1>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - psychology , transferability , uniqueness , clinical practice , population , management science , clinical research , medicine , computer science , social psychology , family medicine , environmental health , logit , pathology , machine learning , economics
Clinical utility research is concerned with how one develops knowledge that can be directly used for improving clinical practice. Some have referred to this domain as “effectiveness” research, but clinical utility implies much more than clinical effectiveness. It also addresses issues of access, transferability, sample specificity, and the uniqueness of each human condition. This special series of papers describe several research programs that have been conducted in applied settings and that illustrate research on clinical utility. These descriptions are modestly representative of the wide applicability of research methods that address the uniqueness of each setting and population and the nature of findings that can be used to guide clinical practice. The papers bridge cultures, countries, settings, and problems. They illustrate some of the advantages of, and some of the knowledge to be gained from conducting controlled research in settings that are devoted to clinical service. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Psychol 54: 297–301, 1998