Characteristics of high-quality practice-oriented studies defined by Castonguay et al2 present in this protocol
| Criteria | Characteristics present in this protocol |
| Clinical helpfulness | The study derived from this protocol will provide evidence for improving: the impact of therapy (e.g., outcome, retention and reduction of deterioration); assessment and case formulation; implementation of interventions; as well as monitoring the therapeutic relationship. It will also provide evidence to better understand: the process of therapy, as well as client and therapist characteristics; finally, it will allow to make research serve therapists’ needs, considering their experiences with the ROM system. |
| Feasibility | The study derived from this protocol does not impose drastic changes in everyday practice; the research tasks are easily integrated, and they will be preserved as part of routine clinical practice, from the implementation of the study onwards, even when this project is finished. |
| Methodological and statistical sophistication | The study derived from this protocol involves repeated assessment of key variables; considers the nesting of the data at multiple levels (repeated measures, clients, therapists); uses within and between clients analyses; uses between therapists analyses; investigates predictor variables and assesses changes and their effect sizes. |