Exploring needs and experiences of people who use IHSC
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A case study of service user, informal carer and staff experiences of integrated health and social care
IRAS ID
247771
Contact name
Catriona Kennedy
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Robert Gordon University
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
19/12, School Ethical Review Panel (RGU)
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 5 months, 1 days
Research summary
Over the past 30 years, there has been an increased worldwide focus on the way that health and social care services are delivered. There is a vision for joined up, co-ordinated, services that place people who use these services at the centre of how their care is planned and delivered by NHS and Council organisations (integrated health and social care).
However, it can be challenging for these organisations to work closely together to deliver care that is safe, effective, timely and affordable whilst still placing those who use these services at the centre of their own care. It is important to explore the needs and experiences for people who use these integrated health and social care services to help put those people at the centre of their own care. This study wants to find out about the needs, relationships and experiences of people who use and deliver integrated health and social care (IHSC) in a regional area of Scotland.
The study will include adults who use IHSC services and the people who help them at home; namely, one family member, neighbour or friend (Informal Carer) and one IHSC worker (i.e. a physio, a carer, a social worker, or a nurse). In total, we hope to ask six service users and twelve people that help them at home to join the study. In this study, researchers will talk to people who use and deliver IHSC, for about an hour, asking them about their needs, experiences of IHSC and about the relationships that are important to them in their IHSC. It is important to do this study to help researchers understand how people feel about their IHSC services and their wellbeing when they use these services. Researchers will use this information to help improve these services in the future.
REC name
North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee 2
REC reference
19/NS/0148
Date of REC Opinion
1 Oct 2019
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion