Common mental health problems (depression, anxiety) Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Psychological therapists will be randomly assigned to an outcome feedback (OF) or usual care control group. OF (the experimental intervention) consists of alerting therapists to cases at risk of poor
Sponsors
University of York
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Qualified clinicians delivering evidence-based psychological therapies in IAPT* services. * IAPT = Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, a national programme of mental healthcare in England, United Kingdom.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Therapists who are not yet fully qualified (e.g. trainees) 2. Qualified therapists whose work contract is shorter than the active study period (1 year)
Design outcomes
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. De-identified clinical and demographic characteristics for patients treated by the participating therapists (diagnosis, age, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic deprivation, employment, type and duration of psychological treatments received) 2. A battery of questionnaires completed by participating therapists (includes information on clinical practice, training, experience, supervision, job stress & satisfaction, decision-making and coping styles) | — |
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Changes in patient-reported depression (PHQ-9), anxiety (GAD-7) and functional impairment (WSAS) questionnaires, measured at each therapy session. Mean changes in these measures at the end of therapy will be estimated for all patients treated by therapists in the intervention(OF) and control groups, therefore patient data is nested within their respective therapists. Comparisons will be made in the mean differences in the above outcomes between groups. | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed