Improving measurement-based care implementation in adult ambulatory psychiatry: a virtual focus group interview with multidisciplinary healthcare professionals

dc.contributor.authorKo, Hayoungen
dc.contributor.authorGatto, Alyssa J.en
dc.contributor.authorJones, Sydney B.en
dc.contributor.authorO’Brien, Virginia C.en
dc.contributor.authorMcNamara, Robert S.en
dc.contributor.authorTenzer, Martha M.en
dc.contributor.authorSharp, Hunter D.en
dc.contributor.authorKablinger, Anita S.en
dc.contributor.authorCooper, Lee D.en
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-01T14:36:50Zen
dc.date.available2023-05-01T14:36:50Zen
dc.date.issued2023-04-26en
dc.date.updated2023-04-30T03:12:30Zen
dc.description.abstractBackground Measurement-Based Care (MBC) is an evidence-based practice shown to enhance patient care. Despite being efficacious, MBC is not commonly used in practice. While barriers and facilitators of MBC implementation have been described in the literature, the type of clinicians and populations studied vary widely, even within the same practice setting. The current study aims to improve MBC implementation in adult ambulatory psychiatry by conducting focus group interviews while utilizing a novel virtual brainwriting premortem method. Methods Semi-structured focus group interviews were conducted with clinicians (n = 18) and staff (n = 7) to identify their current attitudes, facilitators, and barriers of MBC implementation in their healthcare setting. Virtual video-conferencing software was used to conduct focus groups, and based on transcribed verbatin, emergent barriers/facilitators and four themes were identified. Mixed methods approach was utilized for this study. Specifically, qualitative data was aggregated and re-coded separately by three doctoral-level coders. Quantitative analyses were conducted from a follow-up questionnaire surveying clinician attitudes and satisfaction with MBC. Results The clinician and staff focus groups resulted in 291 and 91 unique codes, respectively. While clinicians identified a similar number of barriers (40.9%) and facilitators (44.3%), staff identified more barriers (67%) than facilitators (24.7%) for MBC. Four themes emerged from the analysis; (1) a description of current status/neutral opinion on MBC; (2) positive themes that include benefits of MBC, facilitators, enablers, or reasons on why they conduct MBC in their practice, (3) negative themes that include barriers or issues that hinder them from incorporating MBC into their practice, and (4) requests and suggestions for future MBC implementation. Both participant groups raised more negative themes highlighting critical challenges to MBC implementation than positive themes. The follow-up questionnaire regarding MBC attitudes showed the areas that clinicians emphasized the most and the least in their clinical practice. Conclusion The virtual brainwriting premortem focus groups provided critical information on the shortcomings and strengths of MBC in adult ambulatory psychiatry. Our findings underscore implementation challenges in healthcare settings and provide insight for both research and clinical practice in mental health fields. The barriers and facilitators identified in this study can inform future training to increase sustainability and better integrate MBC with positive downstream outcomes in patient care.en
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dc.identifier.citationBMC Health Services Research. 2023 Apr 26;23(1):408en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09202-3en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/114860en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
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dc.titleImproving measurement-based care implementation in adult ambulatory psychiatry: a virtual focus group interview with multidisciplinary healthcare professionalsen
dc.title.serialBMC Health Services Researchen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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