Gateway football
Research type
Research Study
Full title
What is the impact of gateway football on attitude, mood & behaviour?
IRAS ID
165772
Contact name
Kelly Rayner
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 4 months, 1 days
Research summary
The gateway football study seeks to find out the impact of a gateway football scheme, ran by the Forensic Learning Disability Community Team, on community and inpatient service-users within Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys (TEWV) NHS Foundation Trust. Gateway football comprises of training and tournaments for people with learning disabilities and/or mental health problems, forensic risks, autism, and other additional needs. Football training is a weekly session, with two football teams for patients to play for.
Anecdotal evidence from service staff suggests an improvement in service-users' behaviour, attitude and mood, potentially resulting from taking part in the football programme. To gain insight into the possible benefits of the gateway football scheme from the perspective of the service-users themselves, one-to-one interviews will be conducted regarding participation in the scheme. These will explore service-users' thoughts and feelings, changes from before to after participation, perceived benefits, changes to how other people interact with them, etc. Interviews will be recorded and transcribed by the researchers, followed by Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis to explore the recurrent themes surrounding service-users' experience and whether such formal evaluation supports staff beliefs.
REC name
North West - Preston Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/NW/0285
Date of REC Opinion
26 Mar 2015
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion