The stability of treatment goals, as assessed by a Swedish version of the Bern Inventory of
Treatment Goals
Engelsk titel: The stability of treatment goals, as assessed by a Swedish version of the Bern Inventory of
Treatment Goals
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Författare:
Ramnerö, Jonas
;
Jansson, Billy
Email: jramn@psychology.su.se
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 25
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 16045332
Sammanfattning
Formulating treatment goals has been shown to be an area of vital concern for both outcome and
treatment processes. However, it is not as yet an area of structured routine assessment, either in
clinical practice or in research. One possible explanation for this is the lack of validated and readily
available goal assessment procedures. The present study investigated the test-retest stability of a
Swedish translation of the checklist version of the Bern Inventory of Treatment Goals (BIT-C) among
30 patients in primary care. We calculated the consistency of the endorsement of the different
therapeutic goal categories over a 2-week period prior to treatment. There were no changes in
symptoms or quality-of-life-related measures between the two assessment points. Overall, the goal
category items in BIT-C were found to demonstrate moderate to substantial reliability. In conclusion,
even though our study was small, it provided initial psychometric support for the Swedish version of
BIT-C as a clinically useful tool for the assessment of treatment goals.