Experiences of EMDR in Paediatrics: Version 2
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Experiences of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) within a paediatric setting.
IRAS ID
162926
Contact name
Rachel McKail
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Lancaster University
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 4 months, 9 days
Research summary
Experiences of physical illness and injury, and admission to hospital for children have been found to have negative psychological consequences for both children and their parents/caregivers. A psychological therapy that combines talking about difficult or traumatic memories with eye movements has been developed to support people following distressing and traumatic experiences. This therapy has been named eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), and is currently recommended by national healthcare guidelines for people who have experienced psychological difficulties after traumatic or distressing incidents.
Research has found that EMDR is helpful for children and adults following traumatic incidents, including physical illness, injury and admission to hospital, however there has been no research to understand children's and parents’ experiences of the therapy. This gap in the research literature provides the aim for the current study.
The research hopes to carry out up to 12 interviews with children and parents who have received EMDR within a paediatric psychology setting. Participants will be asked to talk about their experiences of the intervention, including their expectations before having the therapy, what they thought was helpful or unhelpful, and how the service could be improved for future patients.
The information from the interviews will be analysed using a qualitative approach which will look for themes across the participants' responses. It is hoped that such findings will provide clinical psychologists working within paediatric psychology with a better understanding of how EMDR might be useful for paediatric patients, and ways to enhance the delivery of EMDR within the service. The findings are also expected to address the gap in the EMDR research literature, as no qualitative research has been carried out before.REC name
North West - Greater Manchester West Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
14/NW/1475
Date of REC Opinion
23 Dec 2014
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion