Clara Paz, Alejandro Unda-López, Jorge Valdiviezo-Oña, Juan Fernando Chávez, Jonathan Elias Herrera Criollo, Lizbeth Toscano-Molina, Chris Evans
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Abstract
Background: The Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation (CORE) system was launched in 1998 intended to support the development of practice-based evidence and to reduce the research/practice gap. Since then, CORE instruments have been widely used.
Aims: To map the utilization of the CORE system as reflected in peer-reviewed literature.
Methods: We followed the guidelines for conducting a scoping review.
Results: We identified 721 papers from 1998 to 2021 citing the CORE system, with 636 of them referencing its use in clinical settings. There has been a marked increase in use of the system over that period. All CORE instruments were used at least once, spanning 39 countries and 24 languages. Papers had a broad spectrum of objectives and populations across diagnoses and settings, aligning with the authors' planned versatility for the CORE system.
Conclusions: In the light of the findings, we present a guide to enhance the reporting of work utilizing the CORE system. This could be applied to all practice-based evidence data collection, CORE or otherwise.
期刊介绍:
Psychotherapy Research seeks to enhance the development, scientific quality, and social relevance of psychotherapy research and to foster the use of research findings in practice, education, and policy formulation. The Journal publishes reports of original research on all aspects of psychotherapy, including its outcomes, its processes, education of practitioners, and delivery of services. It also publishes methodological, theoretical, and review articles of direct relevance to psychotherapy research. The Journal is addressed to an international, interdisciplinary audience and welcomes submissions dealing with diverse theoretical orientations, treatment modalities.