ECLIPSE Study 1: Satisfaction measure refinement
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Building Resilience and Recovery through Enhancing Cognition and quality of LIfe in the early PSychosEs (ECLIPSE) - Study 1: Satisfaction measure refinement
IRAS ID
157232
Contact name
Til Wykes
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Kings College London
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
45, Mental Health and Neurosciences (now KHP) Clinical Trials Unit
Duration of Study in the UK
5 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
Cognitive problems in people with schizophrenia predict functional recovery even with the best possible rehabilitation opportunities and optimal medication. However, one new psychological treatment known as cognitive remediation (CRT) can improve cognitive and functional recovery – such as social relationships and the opportunity to go to work or take part in further education. The ideal time to provide CRT is in Early Intervention Services (EIS) as we know that it is more effective for younger people and may have larger effects on functioning if we intervene at the earliest opportunity.
Our plan is to develop a training programme and investigate different methods of CRT implementation to guide the UK-wide implementation. The current study aims to develop two measures of satisfaction with implementation which will be outcomes in the main trial:
(i) the service user perspective: Two focus groups from Early Intervention Services will each meet twice for purposes of respondent validation. They will be facilitated by service user researchers, digitally recorded and transcribed.
(ii) the staff version of the satisfaction measure will be developed in an identical fashion.The purpose of the study is to find out the key factors that affect the care that service users / patients experience in Early Intervention Services and particularly issues that might change to make the experience Cognitive Remediation Therapy. We are inviting healthcare workers who have experience of providing these services to participate in this research.
We are carrying out this study because we want to know from patients themselves what their experience of Cognitive Remediation Therapy in Early Intervention Services has been and how changes in how this is implemented might improve that care. As a result of what staff and patients tell us we will produce a measure to assess what both groups’ priorities are when it comes to care.
REC name
London - Surrey Borders Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
14/LO/1829
Date of REC Opinion
9 Oct 2014
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion