New research in outcome management using apps and DSM-5 measures. Preliminary results

Abstract

The presentation is about the use of outcome measurements in combination of a newly developed app that enables psychiatrists and patients track the progress of their treatment process and adjust it if needed in an shared decision fashion.

In 2013 the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders was introduced. Around the same time there was the start of a paradigm shift in healthcare which increased the focus on patient involvement in individual health care decision-making and on measuring and improving outcomes of care (Sederer et al., 1997; Sperry, 1997; Hermann, 2005). If outcome measures are psychometrically sound and able to measure clinical change, treatment progress can be made transparent for both patients and clinicians.

In this presentation the presenter will update the audience on a research project were the DSM-5 Field Trials, patient-reported dimensional measures and the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS) (Clarke et al., 2013; Narrow et al., 2013; Mościcki et al., 2013) are secured and placed in a newly developed app.

Disclosure of interest

The author has not supplied his declaration of competing interest.