Longitudinal analysis of statistical and clinically significant psychosocial change following mental health rehabilitation.

CONCLUSIONS: Rehabilitation can produce statistically and clinically significant immediate improvement in psychosocial function for a sub-set of consumers with elevated scores at admission. The durability of any gains is less clear, and strategies promoting longer-term maintenance are encouraged. Furthermore, currently mandated outcome measures are confounded by issues of sensitivity and reporting compliance, and exploration of alternative instruments for assessing recovery is recommended. Implications for Rehabilitation Routinely collected standardized outcome measures can be used to investigate the effectiveness of mental health rehabilitation In addition to statistical significance, the clinical significance of outcomes should be evaluated to identify change that is individually meaningful Currently mandated outcomes instruments do not adequately evaluate many individuals' recovery journey Mental health service evaluation and quality improvement processes would likely benefit from adoption of recovery-oriented measures. PMID: 29978733 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research