Does Five Session CAT Consultancy Lead to Improved Outcomes?
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Does Five Session CAT Consultancy Lead to Improved Outcomes for Patients and Care Coordinators?\n
IRAS ID
262761
Contact name
Georgia Mangion
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
The University of Sheffield
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
The proposed research is a feasibility trial which aims to explore the effectiveness of a manualised psychological intervention called Cognitive Analytic Consultancy (CAC). The research will be a collaboration between the University of Sheffield and Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) and will be situated within an RDaSH Community Mental Health Team (CMHT). \n\nIn order to assess whether CAC is effective, it will be compared to a control condition. In this condition, patients will receive ’treatment as usual’, i.e. the normal treatment they receive from the CMHT, whilst they are on a waiting list for CAC. Patients will be on this waiting list for a maximum of twelve weeks before receiving CAC. Half of the patients will be randomly allocated to this condition whilst the other half will receive the intervention straight away. The effectiveness of CAC will be assessed using outcome measures that will be completed by both patients and their care coordinators at multiple time points during the intervention. These measures will be compared between the two conditions. \n\nParticipants will be both males and females over the age of 18 with a complex mental health problem. The intervention will involve five weekly sessions of CAC where the patient, care coordinator and the consultant (a Clinical Psychologist) are present. Follow-up sessions will be completed 8 and 12 weeks after. Participants (both patients and care coordinators) who demonstrate change that has been sustained at follow-up will be invited to take part in interviews. An analysis will be completed on interview transcripts to explore which elements of the treatment were most helpful. \n\nThe findings of this feasibility trial will be utilised to assess the potential for a larger-scale clinical trial.
REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - Leeds West Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
19/YH/0345
Date of REC Opinion
6 Nov 2019
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion