Using progress feedback to improve outcomes and reduce drop-out, treatment duration, and deterioration:: A multilevel meta-analysis

Kim de Jong; Judith M. Colijn; Roisin A. V. Gallagher; Alexandra S. Reshetnikova; Marya Heij; Miranda Lutz

doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2021.102002

Using progress feedback to improve outcomes and reduce drop-out, treatment duration, and deterioration: A multilevel meta-analysis

Kim de Jong^*, Judith M. Colijn, Roisin A. V. Gallagher, Alexandra S. Reshetnikova, Marya Heij, Miranda Lutz

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Abstract

Progress feedback is an intervention aimed at enhancing patient outcomes in routine clinical practice. This study reports a comprehensive multilevel meta-analysis on the effectiveness of progress feedback in psychological treatments in curative care. The short- and long-term effects of feedback on symptom reduction were investigated using 58 (randomized and non-randomized) studies, analyzing 110 effect sizes in a total of 21,699 patients. Effects of feedback on dropout rate, percentage of deteriorated cases, and treatment duration were also examined. Moderation analyses were conducted for study and feedback characteristics. A small significant effect of progress feedback on symptom reduction (d = 0.15, 95% CI: [0.10, 0.20]) was found, compared to control groups. This was also true for not-on-track cases (d = 0.17, 95% CI: [0.11, 0.22]). In addition, feedback had a small favorable effect on dropout rates (OR = 1.19, 95% CI: [1.03, 1.38]). The moderation analyses identified several potentially interesting variables for further research, including feedback instrument, outcome instrument, type of feedback, feedback frequency, treatment intensity, and country in which the study was conducted. Future studies should report on these variables more consistently so that we can obtain a better understanding of when and why feedback improves outcomes.

Original language	English
Article number	102002
Journal	Clinical Psychology Review
Volume	85
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2021.102002
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2021

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The authors would like to thank Marc Molendijk for his feedback on the first draft of the manuscript. We would also like to thank Morten Anker, Leonard Bickman, Heidi Brattland, Annika Davidsen, Erik de Groot, Jaime Delgadillo, Barry Duncan, Paul Crits-Christoph, Mary Beth Gibbons, Saara Grizzell, Helena Hansson, Pauline Janse, Marjolein Koementas-de Vos, Michael Lambert, Wolfgang Lutz, Andrew McClintock, Kevin Murphy, Jesse Owen, Andrew Page, Judith Patzig, Thomas Probst, Jeff Reese, Julian Rubel, Henning Sch?ttke, Norah Slone, Terje Tilden, Ladislav Timulak, Linda Trudeau, Dana Tzur Bitan, Flip Jan van Oenen, and Sigal Zilcha Mano for providing us with additional data on their studies.

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