Changes after Seeing a Psychologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Patient, parent/carer and staff perspectives on the assessment, experience and outcomes of psychological interventions in specialist paediatric dermatology.
IRAS ID
170322
Contact name
Sophie Wehrens
Contact email
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
15HM13, Great Ormond Street Hospital Clinical Research Adoptions Committee
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 31 days
Research summary
Research indicates that young people with dermatological conditions and their families experience negative psychological consequences due to their differing appearance. However, it can be difficult to capture the changes young people with dermatological conditions may experience through engaging in psychological interventions. The study plans to investigate what young people with dermatological conditions, their parents, and staff treating them at specialist paediatric department in the UK think about changes following meeting with a psychologist and how clinicians might ask about these changes.
Semi-structured interviews and open-ended questionnaires will be used to ask participants about their experience of change following psychological interventions and how psychologists might ask them about changes. Participants will include young people aged 8 – 17 years old with a dermatological condition who have met with a psychologist in the department for a minimum of two sessions and parents/carers of children with dermatological conditions aged 0 – 17 years who have met with a psychologist in the department.
Prior to the interview participants will be sent examples of how psychologists ask young people about the changes they might have experienced following intervention, for them to comment on during the interview. The interviews will last no longer than 45 minutes but will be briefer for younger participants (aged 8 - 12 years), lasting up to 30 minutes. If consent is obtained, the interview will be recorded and take place in person in the department or over the telephone. Alternatively, participants will be offered the option of taking part in an open-ended questionnaire. Staff working in dermatology department will be invited to participate in an open-ended questionnaire about psychosocial outcomes only.
Data collected from the interviews and questionnaires will be analysed to identify common themes from the participants’ answers that may be used to inform psychologists’ practice when working within dermatology at GOSH.
REC name
London - Camberwell St Giles Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/LO/1194
Date of REC Opinion
27 Jul 2015
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion