Examining the feasibility of an economic analysis of dyadic developmental psychotherapy for children with maltreatment associated psychiatric problems in the United Kingdom
Researchers combined literature review, interviews with 13 therapists at eight UK sites and questionnaires to develop models for costing Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy and alternative services. They found variation in delivery and gaps in outcome measures needed for a cost-effectiveness study, including child quality of life.
Limitations: This models service costs and research feasibility; it does not demonstrate clinical effectiveness or cost-effectiveness. Professional evidence rather than adoptee accounts. Adoption and foster-care services are combined across all four UK nations. Shares interviews with the companion trial-feasibility paper.
- Research type
- Economic evaluation feasibility study
- Source reviewed
- Full text
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Mixed
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: mixed
Adoption context: Adoption from care
Programme: UK DDP feasibility studies (2012–2014)
Institutional context: No relationship identified in the material checked
No adoption-sector organisational relationship identified from metadata reviewed. Funding and conflicts were not comprehensively audited; this is not confirmation of institutional independence.
Bibliographic screening. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: mental health, post-adoption support, research methodology
Review scope: Source checked: Full text. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United Kingdom
- Funding
- Not yet checked for this entry
- Commissioner
- Not yet checked for this entry
- Funder role
- Not yet checked for this entry
- Declared conflicts
- Not yet checked for this entry
- Recruitment
- Not yet checked for this entry
- Adoptee involvement
- Not yet checked for this entry
Entry: study_50de843ab3ccb0a1