A sample of depressed adolescents (n = 202) was recruited from five hospitals in Tehran, Iran, and then asked to complete measures of patient health, suicidal ideation, perceived stress, and emotional intelligence.
Participants were asked to complete measures at two time points (see Procedure section for administered measures).
For example, patients with FM tend to complete measures of working memory with a proficiency that is similar to healthy controls who are 20 years older [ 54, 55].
The telephone questionnaire, requiring 10 minutes to complete, measured the way in which collaborative relationships developed between GPs and psychiatrists, GPs' opinions on the impact of the intervention, and continuing management after the intervention.
The IAPT setting is particularly applicable to research, as patients are required to complete standard measures of mood and functioning at each contact.
Therefore, when implementing the routine completion of satisfaction measures, encouraging honest feedback by asking patients to complete measures outside the clinic environment and by highlighting the confidentiality of their responses may be beneficial.
Time constraints could be addressed by training on outcome measurement as it might help to reduce time that it takes to complete measures.
Volunteers were asked to complete measures of digit span forward and backward [24], a standardized 40-item vocabulary test [25], and the Boston Naming Test (BNT); [26], which involves naming 60 simple line drawings.
They were also asked to complete measures of NSSI, ethnic identity, depression, anxiety, coping behaviors, and perceptions of interpersonal support.
These include an additional burden to the patient, an increase in study costs and ethical concerns surrounding patients having to complete measures that are incapable of capturing the patient's perspective [ 17].
