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6. Exploration of effectiveness of
services
6.1. PARTICIPANTS AND PROCEDURE
F
ollowing the baseline assessment described in Chapter 5, effectiveness
assessments took place throughout a 9-12 month period. These assessments
were carried out in 3-4 month intervals, using the following 5-part assessment
inventory. In order to establish which services participants had used in the interval
between assessments, the short version PEIT-Q was applied. In order to establish if
other important life events took place between assessments, a shortened version of the
Stressful Life Events Scale (or Social Readjustment Rating Scale) (SLES; Holmes &
Rahe, 1967) was included, and finally, the three standardized baseline measures
(GHQ-30, BDI-II, and PDS) were used. For full details of the procedure see 2.2.
Of the 75 participants who took part in the baseline assessment (A1; see 5.1), 25 took
part in the second assessment (A2), 20 service users took part in the third assessment
(A3), and 13 participated in the fourth assessment (A4). Given the voluntary nature of
the research, some of the participants did not complete all 4 assessments in sequence.
Figure 49 shows details of the actual process. Overall, 11 service users took part in all