Table 1 Domains assessed, measures used, and measure citations
From: A case series of sage: a new couple-based intervention for borderline personality disorder
Domain assessed | Measure | Citation | Type of measure | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diagnostic and screening measures | ||||||
 BPD | The International Personality Disorders Examination-BPD Module | [8] | Interview completed by both members of couple | |||
 Psychosis, mania and/or hypomania, substance and alcohol abuse, comorbid psychological disorders | The Diagnostic Assessment Research Tool | [9] | Interview completed by both members of couple | |||
 Lifetime frequency and lethality of past suicidal and self-injurious behavior | The Lifetime–Suicide Attempt Self-Injury Count | [10] | Interview completed by people with BPD | |||
Primary outcomes: BPD symptoms | ||||||
 BPD symptoms | Borderline Symptom List-23 | [11] | Self-report completed by people with BPD | |||
 BPD symptoms (informant-report) | Borderline Symptom List-230 informant report | [11] | Informant-report completed by partners | |||
 Frequency of suicidal/self-injurious behavior in the past four weeks | Suicide Attempt Self-Injury Interview | [12] | Interview completed by people with BPD | |||
 Suicidal ideation | Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation | [6] | Self-report completed by people with BPD | |||
 Suicidal ideation (informant-report) | Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation | [6] | Informant-report completed by partners | |||
Secondary and tertiary outcomes: Partner mental health and conflict | ||||||
 Conflict | Ineffective Arguing Inventory | [13] | Self-report completed both members of couple | |||
 Emotion dysregulation | Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale | [14] | Self-report completed by partners | |||
 Emotion dysregulation (informant report) | Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale – Partner Version | [15] | Informant-report completed by people with BPD | |||
 Shame | The Experience of Shame Scale | [16] | Self-report completed by partners | |||
 Depression | The Patient Health Questionnaire | [17] | Self-report completed by partners | |||
 Anxiety | The Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 | [18] | Self-report completed by partners | |||
 Positive affect, negative affect, and anger/hostility | Positive and Negative Affect Schedule-X subscales | [19] | Self-report completed by partners | |||
Tertiary Outcomes: Individual Mental Health and Intervention Satisfaction | ||||||
 People with BPD completed the above self-report measures of emotion dysregulation (with partners completing informant-reports), shame, depression, anxiety, positive affect, negative affect, and anger/hostility as tertiary outcomes | ||||||
 Relationship satisfaction | Couples Satisfaction Inventory | [20] | Self-report completed by both members of couple | |||
 Intervention satisfaction | The Client Satisfaction Questionnaire-8 | [21] | Self-report completed by both members of couple | |||