Phuong-Tu Prowse
Melbourne
Australia
Review Article
A Meta-Evaluation: The Role of Treatment Fidelity within Psychosocial
Interventions during the Last Decade
Author(s): Phuong-Tu Prowse and Tricia NagelPhuong-Tu Prowse and Tricia Nagel
Treatment fidelity is widely accepted as a critical component of successful psychological program implementation and treatment integrity. The current study is a critical interpretive synthesis of the review and evaluation literature on Treatment fidelity in psychosocial interventions in the last decade with an aim to explore the emphasis placed by researchers on: i) definitions of treatment fidelity; ii) different components of treatment fidelity; and iii) existing strategies to enhance treatment fidelity in clinical practice. This encompasses ongoing clinician training, mentoring and supervision; provision of robust, cost efficient and portable suite of complimentary-tools. The results of the metaevaluation highlighted researchers attached varying importance to strategies to enhance treatment fidelity in clinical practice. Several recommendations for treatment fidelity in clinical pr.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/Psychiatry.1000251