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Validation of the UKATT Process Rating Scale (PRS)

First published: 10 May 2019 | Last updated: 20 May 2019

Aim: The aim of this study was to describe the development and validation of the UK Alcohol Treatment Trial Process Rating Scale (UKATT PRS), a manual based method for monitoring and rating the delivery of psychosocial treatments of alcohol dependence and misuse.

Methods: Following adaptation and further development of a validated rating scale, the ability of the UKATT PRS to rate the delivery of video-recorded treatment in the UK Alcohol Treatment Trial (UKATT) was tested.

Results: Tests of the validity and reliability of the UKATT PRS show that it is valid and reliably able to detect the two treatments for which it was designed and to discriminate between them.

Conclusions: The UKATT PRS is a valid and reliable method of rating the frequency and quality of therapeutic style and content in the delivery of two psycho-social treatments of alcohol use and dependence.

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Tober, G., Clyne, W., Finnegan, O., Farrin, A. and Russell, I. in collaboration with the UKATT Research Team

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Gillian Tober

Psychologist


Gillian Tober is a former trustee and former president of the Society for the Study of Addiction. Until recently, she was employed by the Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, as a Consultant Psychologist, Clinical Service Manager and Head of Training. She is an Associate Senior Lecturer at the University of Leeds. Her research is in the measurement of addiction treatment delivery, the measurement of treatment outcomes, the effectiveness of addiction treatment and the nature and measurement of substance dependence. Her clinical work includes the development of and supervision in the use of treatment manuals. She co-edited Motivational Dialogue and Methadone Matters, and is author of a number of published research papers and book chapters.

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