Assessing the acceptability and feasibility of COMPASS
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Assessing the acceptability and feasibility of COMPASS, a transdiagnostic web-based intervention for the management of depression and anxiety in long-term conditions, in community-based heart failure patients.
IRAS ID
288961
Contact name
Sameera Helal
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
King College London
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 9 months, 1 days
Research summary
Heart failure (HF) is a complex clinical syndrome characterized by the inability of the heart to pump an adequate amount of blood. Heart failure affects patients' ability to carry out even simple activities of daily living and therefore has a negative psychological impact. Many studies reported that anxiety and depression are prevalent among HF patients and it is being associated with high morbidity, mortality and costs. Community HF patients who are diagnosed with depression are usually referred for Improving Access for Psychological Therapies (IAPT). The IAPT services have long waiting lists and many patients in the community still do not have access to IAPT (Clark, 2019). IAPT (2017) found web-based interventions for psychological therapies for emotional disorders such as depression and anxiety to be as effective as the traditional interventions and yielded positive mental health outcomes.
In this current study, the feasibility and acceptability of the proposed COMPASS web-based intervention will be examined. COMPASS is a web-based therapy (online CBT program) designed for the management of depression and anxiety for patients with long term conditions such as heart failure (www.compass-southwark.co.uk).This study will be conducted into three parts and mainly include one-to-one interviews. First, we will use an approach called “think aloud” which is a specific type of interview that allows us to observe the participant while using the propsed COMPASS online using Microsoft Teams. The participant will be asked to log into the COMPASS website and talk to the researcher continuously as possible about what they are thinking or what comes into their mind as they are using the COMPASS website. Following this interview, we will ask the participant to use COMPASS from any internet connected device for four weeks with weekly follow up telephone calls. One month after the completion of COMPASS, we will interview the participants.
REC name
West Midlands - Edgbaston Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
21/WM/0175
Date of REC Opinion
9 Sep 2021
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion