Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Development and psychometric evaluation of the Transdiagnostic Decision Tool: matched care for patients with a mental disorder in need of highly specialised care |
| Authors: |
Frédérique C. W. van Krugten, Christina M. van der Feltz-Cornelis, Manon A. Boeschoten, Saskia A. M. van Broeckhuysen-Kloth, Jonna F. van Eck van der Sluijs, Elisa van Ee, Saskia M. van Es, Maartje Schoorl, Lineke M. Tak, Werner B. F. Brouwer, Leona Hakkaart-van Roijen |
| Source: |
BJPsych Open, Vol 6 (2020) |
| Publisher Information: |
Cambridge University Press, 2020. |
| Publication Year: |
2020 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Psychiatry |
| Subject Terms: |
Screening, academic psychiatry, highly specialized care, early identification, assessment, Psychiatry, RC435-571 |
| More Details: |
BackgroundEarly identification of patients with mental health problems in need of highly specialised care could enhance the timely provision of appropriate care and improve the clinical and cost-effectiveness of treatment strategies. Recent research on the development and psychometric evaluation of diagnosis-specific decision-support algorithms suggested that the treatment allocation of patients to highly specialised mental healthcare settings may be guided by a core set of transdiagnostic patient factors.AimsTo develop and psychometrically evaluate a transdiagnostic decision tool to facilitate the uniform assessment of highly specialised mental healthcare need in heterogeneous patient groups.MethodThe Transdiagnostic Decision Tool was developed based on an analysis of transdiagnostic items of earlier developed diagnosis-specific decision tools. The Transdiagnostic Decision Tool was psychometrically evaluated in 505 patients with a somatic symptom disorder or post-traumatic stress disorder. Feasibility, interrater reliability, convergent validity and criterion validity were assessed. In order to evaluate convergent validity, the five-level EuroQol five-dimensional questionnaire (EQ-5D-5L) and the ICEpop CAPability measure for Adults (ICECAP-A) were administered.ResultsThe six-item clinician-administered Transdiagnostic Decision Tool demonstrated excellent feasibility and acceptable interrater reliability. Spearman's rank correlations between the Transdiagnostic Decision Tool and ICECAP-A (−0.335), EQ-5D-5L index (−0.386) and EQ-5D-visual analogue scale (−0.348) supported convergent validity. The area under the curve was 0.81 and a cut-off value of ≥3 was found to represent the optimal cut-off value.ConclusionsThe Transdiagnostic Decision Tool demonstrated solid psychometric properties and showed promise as a measure for the early detection of patients in need of highly specialised mental healthcare. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2056-4724 |
| Relation: |
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472420000745/type/journal_article; https://doaj.org/toc/2056-4724 |
| DOI: |
10.1192/bjo.2020.74 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/60b5aa8557214ff09c72210277da17af |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.60b5aa8557214ff09c72210277da17af |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
