Affective Disorders Research Database
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Affective Disorders Research Database
IRAS ID
169010
Contact name
Rajini Ramana
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 2 months, 31 days
Research summary
The Affective Disorders Research Database is essentially a two-fold project that aims to streamline the process of recruiting patients within the Affective Disorders Pathway to research studies within CPFT. The current process for recruitment relies on clinicians to refer patients to individual research studies. For this reason, many patients are not often given the opportunity to be involved in research projects.
Therefore this project firstly involves recruiting patients who are interested in taking part in research studies to the project. All new patients who are referred to the Affective Disorders Pathway and current patients under the care of the pathway will be given an information sheet regarding the Affective Disorders Research Database and asked if they would like to speak to a member of the research team.
During the discussion service users will also be asked if they would consent to completing specific objective assessments which will clarify diagnoses, as part of on-going assessments within the Affective Disorders Pathway. The reason for this is so that we can hold the outcome of these assessments onto a secure and systematic database (which include specific details that clinical records do not always contain, such as a numerical score on an assessment). This will allow the research team to contact patients when a suitable research project opens in the Trust. In this case, the research team will be named researchers on this project, and include researchers who have ethically approved projects recruiting within CPFT. This will allow for clarification of diagnoses, which will be entered into the electronic clinical records system, on RIO. This is an opt-in service, and it will be made explicit that patients have a choice in consenting to the project, and refusal or consent will not affect the usual standard of care they will receive.
REC name
East of England - Essex Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/EE/0305
Date of REC Opinion
23 Oct 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion