The effectiveness of 6 versus 12-months of dialectical behaviour therapy for borderline personality disorder: the feasibility of a shorter treatment and evaluating responses (FASTER) trial protocol

McMain, Shelley F.; Chapman, Alexander L.; Kuo, Janice R.; Guimond, Tim; Streiner, David L.; Dixon-Gordon, Katherine L.; Isaranuwatchai, Wanrudee; Hoch, Jeffrey S.

doi:10.1186/s12888-018-1802-z

Table 1 Summary of measures

From: The effectiveness of 6 versus 12-months of dialectical behaviour therapy for borderline personality disorder: the feasibility of a shorter treatment and evaluating responses (FASTER) trial protocol

Domain	Report type	Outcome Variable	Measure	Screen	Baseline	3 months	6 months	9 months	12 months	15 months	18 months	21 months	24 months	Post session 1–4	Monthly
Suicide/Self-Harm	Self-Report	Suicidal Ideation	Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSS)		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
	Interview	Lifetime Suicide and Self-Injury	Lifetime Suicide Attempt Self-Injury Interview (LSASI)		•
	Interview	Suicide and Self-Injury (past 3 months)	Suicide Attempt Self-Injury Interview (SASII)		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Symptoms	Self-Report	Depression	Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II)		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
		Impulsivity	Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11 (BIS-11)		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
		Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)	Borderline Symptom List-23 (BSL-23)		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
		Emotion Regulation Difficulties	The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS)		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
		Interpersonal Problems	Inventory of Interpersonal Problems-64 (IIP-64)		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
		Non-Suicidal Self-Injury	Inventory of Statements About Self-Injury (ISAS)		•
		Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder	PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5)		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
		Psychiatric Symptom Distress	Symptoms Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R)		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
		Anger Experience and Expression	State and Trait Anger Expression Inventory-2 (STAXI-2)		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
		Alcohol Use and Related Problems	The Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT)		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
		Drug Use and Related Problems	Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST)		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
		Childhood Trauma	Childhood Trauma Questionnaire Short Form (CTQ-SF)			•
		Five Dimensions of Personality	The NEO Five Factor Personality Inventory Short Form (NEO-SF)		•
Functioning	Self-Report	Social Functioning	Social Adjustment Scale Self-Report (SAS-SR)		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
		Medical Outcome	Medical Outcome Score-Short Form (MOS-SF-36)		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
		Quality of Life	Euroqol-5D-5 Level (EQ-5D-5 L)		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Healthcare	Interview	Healthcare Utilization	Treatment History Interview (THI-2)		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Descriptive	Interview	Demographics	Demographic Data Survey (DDS)	•
Descriptive	Interview	Premorbid IQ	Weschler Test of Adult Reading (WTAR)	•
Skills	Self-Report	Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Use	The DBT Ways of Coping Checklist (DBT-WCCL)		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Skills	Self-Report	Mindfulness Skills	Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills (KIMS)		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Mental Disorders	Interview	BPD Diagnosis	Int’l Personality Disorder Examination - BPD Section (IPDE-BPD)	•									•
		Psychiatric Disorders	Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV-TR Axis I Disorders (SCID I)	•^a	•
		Personality Disorders	Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV-TR Axis II Disorders (SCID II)		•
Treatment Appraisal	Self-Report	Expectancy and Credibility of Treatment	The Credibility/Expectancy Questionnaire (CEQ)		•
Treatment Appraisal	Self-Report	Reasons for Early Treatment Termination	Research for Early Termination from Treatment - Client (RET-C)^b
Alliance	Self-Report	Therapeutic Alliance	Working Alliance Inventory - Short Form, Client (WAI-S)			•	•							•
Alliance	Self-Report	Session Ruptures and Resolutions	Post Session Questionnaire - Client (PSQ)											•
Therapist Measures	Self-Report	Therapeutic Alliance	Working Alliance Inventory - Short Form, Therapist (WAI-S)			•	•							•
		Session Ruptures and Resolutions	Post Session Questionnaire - Therapist (PSQ)											•
		Initial Expectation of Treatment Helpfulness	Expectations for Treatment - Therapist Version 4 Item (ET-T)											•^c
		Expectation of Treatment Helpfulness	Expectations for Treatment - Therapist Version 5 Item (ET-T)			•	•^d
		Therapist Demographics	Therapist Demographic Questionnaire^e
		Mindfulness Skills	Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills–Therapist (KIMS)												•
		Job-Related Stress and Burnout	Maslach’s Burnout Inventory-Therapist Version (MBI)												•

^aOnly Psychotic Symptoms and Mania Sections of the SCID are completed at In-Person Screen
^bCompleted by participant in case of early termination of treatment
^cInitial Expectations for Treatment Version 4 Item completed only after Session 1
^dExpectations for Treatment Version 5 Item completed at 6-months only for participants receiving 12 months of treatment
^eCompleted by therapist prior to their first participant

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