Topic: Mental Health, Primary Care
Conditions
Interventions
Patients are randomised to two groups:
1. GP treatment as usual (TAU) supplemented by a debt management advice leaflet (control)
2. GP treatment as usual supplemented by debt advice leaflet and prim
Sponsors
University of Liverpool (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged 18 or above 2. Scoring 14 or above on the BDI 3. Self-identifying as having worries about debt Target Gender: Male & Female ; Lower Age Limit 18 years
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Housebound and/or unable to get to CAB advice sessions 2. Actively suicidal or psychotic and/or severely depressed and unresponsive to treatment 3. Unlikely to comply with the intervention or follow-up e.g. experiencing severe problems with addiction to alcohol or illicit drugs 4. Unable or unwilling to give written informed consent to participate in study 5. Currently participating in another research study including follow-up data collection phase 6. Has received CAB debt advice in the past 12 months
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Depression, measured using the BDI-II score; Timepoint(s): baseline, 4 and 12 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Explanatory measures; Timepoint(s): baseline and 4 months 2. Health and social care utilisation and employment factors; Timepoint(s): baseline, 4 and 12 months 3. Health-related QoL; Timepoint(s): baseline, 4 and 12 months 4. Life events; Timepoint(s): baseline and 4 months 5. Psychological wellbeing; Timepoint(s): baseline, 4 and 12 months 6. Service satisfaction; Timepoint(s): 4 months 7. Substance misuse; Timepoint(s): baseline, 4 and 12 months | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed