Feasibility
IUT, psychiatric
The only previous study comparing IUT and MCT was conducted in a psychiatric outpatient setting and did not aim to test feasibility [In the current study, following brief training in the protocols, the therapists from regular primary health care showed some competence in IUT and MCT, but the MCT therapists’ mean adherence was assessed as significantly lower than that of the IUT therapists. This may represent a real difference or reflect the fact that the response scale of the adherence measures was not calibrated, and the assessors may thus have interpreted it differently. Furthermore, only recordings of session 5 were assessed. We will therefore take steps to improve inter-rater reliability and include treatment integrity checks throughout the treatment period in the future RCT. At least two independent assessors will assess each measure, and more than one session will be assessed. In the previous study [