A psychoeducational group intervention for family and friends of youth with borderline personality disorder features: protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Table 1 Schedule of outcome measures

	Time point
Measure	Baseline	Week Seven
Primary Outcomes
Combined total negative appraisal subscales of the Experience of Caregiving Inventory (ECI)	✔	✔
Secondary Outcomes
Combined total positive appraisal subscales of the ECI	✔	✔
Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS)	✔	✔
Personality Disorder Knowledge Attitudes and Skills Questionnaire (PDKASQ) ^a	✔	✔
Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K-10)	✔	✔
Family Questionnaire (FQ)	✔	✔
Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL-8D)	✔	✔
Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire – Short Form (Q-LES-Q-SF)	✔	✔
Subsidiary Measures
Demographics - carers	✔	✔
Carer-specific Resource Use	✔	✔
Demographics – clients ^b	✔
Treatment Data ^b		✔
SCID-II Personality Questionnaire for BPD ^b	✔
Diagnosis DSM-IV SCID-I/P ^b	✔
BPD diagnosis DSM-IV SCID-II ^b	✔

aThree items, modified for use with carers rather than clinicians
b Measures completed with clients, not carers
BPD borderline personality disorder, DSM-IV Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fourth Edition, SCID Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV; SCID-I/P=SCID Axis I Disorders, Patient Version; SCID-II=SCID Axis II Disorders

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