Which treatments help? The patient's perspective

In an effort to determine which specific aspects of treatment might account for patient satisfaction, the authors developed the Components of Treatmen t Questionnaire. This measure, which was administered to 500 adult inpatien ts along with the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8; Larsen, Attkiss on, Hargreaves, & Nguyen, 1979), asked patients to assess the helpfulness o f their treatment. Convinced that patient input is pertinent to program des ign, the authors later surveyed 46 patients on treatments that they perceiv ed as helpful and would like to receive. Respondents identified individual relationships and problem-focused therapies as the most helpful aspects of treatment.