IPPS: A decade of international collaborative networking

• Autor(a) principal: Sales, Celia
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Alves, Paula, Evans, Chris, Elliott, Robert, on behalf IPHA Group
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/13109; https://doi.org/10.1080/14733145.2014.929417
• topic: practice research networks; psychotherapy outcome; personalised assessment; outcome monitoring; individualised measures; IPPS

Background: The backstage of research projects is seldom presented to the general audience, in particular, how the research questions emerged, how the team interacted and how the methods and design were decided upon. Aim: In this paper we will recount the story behind an international practice-based research network for personalising health assessment, the joint journey of researchers and therapists from three different countries in creating the Individualised Patient-Progress System (IPPS). Results: We first describe how the idea of the IPPS emerged; then we show how IPPS is being piloted and integrated into clinical practice. Next, we present the views of therapists and researchers who have been part of this project. Conclusions: We discuss some lessons learned from this 14-year collaborative research programme.