Evaluation
“All the information contained in this section is for guidance only. Psious environments are therapeutic tools that must be used by the healthcare professional within an evaluation and intervention process designed according to the characteristics and needs of the user.
Also remember that you have the General Clinical Guide in which you have more information on how to adapt psychological intervention techniques (exposure, systematic desensitization, cognitive restructuring, chip economy…) to Psious environments.”
Exercise & Sports Performance Training Evaluation
In this section we propose different strategies and tools on how to anxiety, sadness, physical activity and sports performance training:
OBJECTIVES
- 1st Consider, in the evaluation, two large sets of variables: personal and environmental.
- 2nd Determine, in each case, if the pertinent approach is that of self-control, expanding and updating the range of techniques with the corresponding ones, if, on the contrary, it is convenient to orient the intervention towards external stimuli; or if, as is frequent, a combination of both perspectives is required (with their corresponding techniques).
- 3th Design of “tailor-made” interventions for each athlete, in each circumstance of their sports career, in which performance will not always be the first objective, although, except in exceptional cases, it should be taken into account, at least, as a secondary objective. (Ezquerro, 2002, 2006; Gardner and Moore 2006).
Useful tools for Exercise & Sports Performance Training evaluation
Considering the evaluation objectives, we will enumerate some of the tools that can be useful to obtain relevant information about the characteristics of your user. Remember that good objectives definitions, patient characterization and planification of the intervention are important for therapeutic efficiency and effectiveness just like the user satisfaction. In the bibliography you will find articles where you can revise the characteristics of the proposed tools.
OPEN OR SEMI-STRUCTURED INTERVIEW
- Structured interview ADIS-IV (only if psychopathology suspect)
SELF-REPORTS
- ADIS-IV structured interview (only if there is suspicion of psychopathology)
- The Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q).
- The Sport Psychology Outcomes and Research Tool (SPORT)
- Athlete satisfaction questionnaire (ASQ)
- Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
- Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale (OASIS)
- EuroQOL instrument (EQ-5)