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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 26.
Published in final edited form as: Personal Ment Health. 2010 Dec 19;5(1):10.1002/pmh.152. doi: 10.1002/pmh.152

Table 4.

Clinicians' Follow-up Clinical Utility Ratings

Clinical Utility Variable DSM FFM F sig.

Mean SD mean SD
Likely to Use Again 3.84 0.97 4.45 0.68 −6.80 .014
Enhanced Decision Making 2.90 0.70 4.23 0.72 −38.03 < .001
Described Tx Focus 2.58 0.72 4.19 0.75 −58.50 < .001
Intervention Determination 2.65 0.61 4.23 0.80 −53.36 < .001

Notes: DSM = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual - 4th ed., personality disorder model; FFM = Five-Factor Model; mean = mean utility rating; SD = standard deviation; likely to use again = "How likely would you be to use each system again with future clients?"; Enhanced Decision Making = "How useful was each system in enhancing your clinical decision making?"; Described Tx Focus = "How useful was each system for describing what you focused on in therapy with this client?"; Intervention Determination = "How useful was each system in determining which interventions would be successful for this client?"; All utility ratings on a 1 (not at all) to 5 (extremely) Likert Scale.