Acceptability & Feasibility of GMHAT in Primary Care
Research type
Research Study
Full title
An evaluation of the acceptability of the use of a computer assisted clinical interview (GMHAT/PC) to people presenting with mental health symptoms in primary care and to determine the feasibility of the use of such tools by healthcare workers in primary care.
IRAS ID
190943
Contact name
Bennett Quinn
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Chester
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.3188.4247, ResearchGate
Duration of Study in the UK
3 years, 0 months, 31 days
Research summary
The primary care version of the Global Mental Health Assessment Tool (GMHAT/PC) is a validated (References 1-7 in separate uploaded document) computer-based tool which leads the healthcare worker through a semi-structured mental health interview.
The healthcare worker puts each question in turn to the person presenting with mental health symptoms and then ranks the severity of any detected symptoms. At the end of the interview the tool provides a report indicating likely diagnoses. A good mental health assessment in routine clinical care should include most of the questions included in the GMHAT/PC interview.
It is important to note that the validity of GMHAT/PC has been demonstrated and therefore the tool is available for use by a healthcare worker in their consultations as part of their normal practice.
The healthcare worker's decision to use GMHAT/PC is not a research intervention for this project.
This research seeks to determine whether patients find it acceptable when their healthcare worker uses GMHAT/PC in the assessment of their symptoms.
There are two further strands to the research...
The research seeks to determine whether healthcare workers will find it feasible to use GMHAT/PC in the assessment of mental health symptoms in a primary care setting.Additionally, the study seeks to measure the effect of using GMHAT/PC on healthcare workers’ confidence & competence in undertaking mental health assessments.
Patient participants will be invited to complete a questionnaire about how acceptable the use of the tool was to them.
Patients may volunteer to take part in a semi-structured face-to-face interview to further explore their opinions.
Healthcare worker participants will complete a self-administered questionnaire and take part in a face to face semi-structured interview designed to assess their opinion of the feasibility of using GMHAT/PC in a primary care setting and the impact on their confidence and competence in carrying out mental health assessments.
REC name
East Midlands - Nottingham 1 Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/EM/0467
Date of REC Opinion
28 Nov 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion