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Interpretation of Results
Clients participating in long-term residential treatment experience a wide range of services designed to support them, regardless of the intensity or severity of their distress, all within a single facility. Overall distress scores varied from person to person. However, a common trend was growth, as parents and clients both reported a high level of improvement in daily functioning and lower distress. Similar progress occurred when measuring anxiety and depression. Improvements were largely maintained 180 days after treatment.
Short-Term Residential Programs
Clients receiving care at short-term residential programs reported a 40-point average decrease
in distress at discharge. This decrease in distress is statistically significant, according to the RCI. The RCI is the amount of point improvement required for the change to be “real” and probably not due to chance.6 Parent RCI is a 13-point change, while client RCI is
an 18-point change. Note: The term “parent” is used to refer to all caregivers, but not all caregivers are biological parents.
Short-term residential parents reported a 44-point average decrease in child distress at discharge. The decreases in distress are over double the RCI needed to showcase statistical significance.
Note: Clinical cutoffs are used in some assessments to denote average, “healthy” functioning. We highlight the clinical cutoff on the figures that follow with a horizontal line. Each figure represents the average of the raw score of the tool used.
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