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Using patient‐reported outcome measures to improve service effectiveness for supervisors: a mixed‐methods evaluation of supervisors' attitudes and self‐efficacy after training to use outcome measures in child mental health
Author(s) -
Fullerton Mary,
EdbrookeChilds Julian,
Law Duncan,
Martin Kate,
Whelan Isabelle,
Wolpert Miranda
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
child and adolescent mental health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1475-3588
pISSN - 1475-357X
DOI - 10.1111/camh.12206
Subject(s) - mental health , self efficacy , psychology , mental health service , patient reported outcome , nursing , outcome (game theory) , clinical supervision , medicine , psychiatry , quality of life (healthcare) , social psychology , mathematics , mathematical economics
Background Patient‐reported outcome measures ( PROM s) are recommended by healthcare systems internationally, but there are a number of barriers to implementation. The aim of this research was to examine the impact of training supervisors in using PROM s on clinical practice, given the importance of leadership when changing behaviour. Method Data included pre–post questionnaires from 42 supervisors, interviews after training with six supervisees and nonparticipant observations of nine video‐recorded supervision sessions. Results After training, supervisors had more positive attitudes to administering PROM s and using feedback from PROM s and had higher levels of self‐efficacy about using PROM s in supervision. Conclusions Findings are in line with the growing body of evidence that training child mental health staff to use PROM s may be associated with changes in attitudes, self‐efficacy and use of PROM s.