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Training to enhance psychiatrist communication with patients with psychosis (TEMPO): cluster randomised controlled trial
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posted on 2023-06-09, 03:52 authored by Rose McCabe, Paula John, Jemima Dooley, Patrick Healey, Annie Cushing, David Kingdon, Stephen BremnerStephen Bremner, Stefan PriebeBackground: A better therapeutic relationship predicts better outcomes. However, there is no trial-based evidence on how to improve therapeutic relationships in psychosis. Aims: To test the effectiveness of communication training for psychiatrists on improving shared understanding and the therapeutic relationship (trial registration: ISRCTN94846422). Method: In a cluster randomised controlled trial in the UK, 21 psychiatrists were randomised. Ninety-seven (51% of those approached) out-patients with schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder were recruited, and 64 (66% of the sample recruited at baseline) were followed up after 5 months. The intervention group received four group and one individualised session. The primary outcome, rated blind, was psychiatrist effort in establishing shared understanding (self-repair). Secondary outcome was the therapeutic relationship. Results: Psychiatrists receiving the intervention used 44% more self-repair than the control group (adjusted difference in means 6.4, 95% CI 1.46–11.33, P<0.011, a large effect) adjusting for baseline self-repair. Psychiatrists rated the therapeutic relationship more positively (adjusted difference in means 0.20, 95% CI 0.03–0.37, P = 0.022, a large effect), as did patients (adjusted difference in means 0.21, 95% CI 0.01–0.41, P = 0.043, a medium effect). Conclusions: Shared understanding can be successfully targeted in training and improves relationships in treating psychosis.
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Research for Patient Benefit Programme; NIHR; PB-PG-0408-16279
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British Journal of PsychiatryISSN
1472-1465Publisher
Royal College of PsychiatristsExternal DOI
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6Volume
209Page range
517-524Department affiliated with
- BSMS Publications
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2016-11-03First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2016-11-02Usage metrics
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