Dialectical behaviour therapy for treating adults and adolescents with emotional and behavioural dysregulation: study protocol of a coordinated implementation in a publicly funded health service

Table 2 Treatment targets, measurement method and reporting method for primary outcomes

			Completed by
Treatment target		Measure	Adults	Adolescents	DBT Therapists
Life threatening behaviours	Self-harm	Self-harm Inventory [58]	✓
		Client record form²			✓
	E.D. visits	Client record form			✓
	Hospital admissions	Client record form			✓
	Suicidal Ideation	Questionnaire for suicidal ideation	✓	✓
Treatment interfering behaviours	Attendance	Individual therapy/group skills logs³			✓
Treatment interfering behaviours	Use of phone coaching	Phone coaching logs³			✓
Quality of life interfering behaviours	Depression	Beck Depression Inventory – II [59] Beck Depression Inventory-Youth [60]	✓	✓
	Borderline symptoms	Borderline Symptoms Checklist [55]	✓	✓
	Hopelessness	Beck Hopelessness Scale [61]	✓	✓
	Quality of life	EQ-5D-5 L [62]	✓	✓
	Dysfunctional coping	DBT Ways of Coping Checklist [63]	✓	✓
	Anger	STAXI - 2 [64] STAXI - C/A [65]	✓	✓
Skill utilisation	Skills use	DBT Ways of Coping Checklist	✓	✓

²Developed by research team in consultation with DBT therapists to systematically gather data pertinent to the Irish public health service. Self-harm behaviour frequency and type, number of Emergency Department visits, and number and duration of acute psychiatric inpatient admissions per patient
³Developed by research team and outlined in more detail under Implementation Evaluation

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