Mental and Behavioural Disorders: Distress Mental and Behavioural Disorders Distress
Conditions
Interventions
The study involves a multi-method evaluation incorporating three linked components:
A. A survey of 100 GP and other primary care workers working in North and West London
B. A randomised trial examinin
Sponsors
Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2007 Update - Department of Health
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: A. Inclusion criteria (for the randomised trial and patient survey) 1. Aged 18 years and above 2. Willingness to provide written informed consent to participate in the study 3. Have a contact telephone number where they can be contacted for a baseline and follow-up interview 7-10 days after the baseline interview B. Inclusion Criteria (for the survey among GP and primary care workers): all GP and primary care workers in primary care clinics in north and west London.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria (for the randomised trial and patient survey): 1. Those who decline to provide consent to participate in the study 2. All those presenting to the surgery for emergency medical problems 3. All those who have insufficient command of English to complete the baseline interview. As one of the researchers is fluent in Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and Marathi, all patients who can only speak these languages will also be included. B. Exclusion criteria (for the survey among GP and primary care workers): all those who decline to participate
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Level of thinking life is not worth living | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Attitudes of GPs and other primary care workers to screening for suicidal ideation and factors that promote and hinder screening in primary care 2. Patients' attitudes about screening for suicidal ideation and behaviour 3. Impact of screening for depression and suicidal ideation on the incidence of feelings that life is not worth living | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed