Integrating mental, physical and social care in long term conditions
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Integrating mental, physical and social care in long term conditions: 3 Dimensions for long-term conditions
IRAS ID
222946
Contact name
Carol Gayle
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
King's College Hospital
Duration of Study in the UK
2 years, 1 months, 1 days
Research summary
The Three Dimension for Long Term Conditions study aims to provide integrated mental and physical health care for individuals with long-term conditions (LTCs). This will be through scaling up the 3 Dimensions of Care for Diabetes (3DFD) service to other LTCs. We will do this by integrating with existing secondary and community care services in Lambeth and Southwark, generating a care-pathway for complex patients. In particular, focusing on patients diagnosed with heart failure, COPD and hypertension. Research evidence has shown that integrated mental and physical healthcare is associated with better outcomes, but little clinical evidence in ‘real life’. 3DFD has demonstrated that this approach is successful in South London at improving physical healthcare outcomes. In addition, it has demonstrated improvements in psychosocial measures in a deprived inner-city population of people with poorly-controlled diabetes. The overall objective of 3DLC is to a) assess if scaling-up a disease-specific model to a multi-condition model leads to improvements in health and economic outcomes, and quantifying the effectiveness, efficiency and acceptability of the 3DLC b) identify the processes effective in delivering the scaled-up interventions.
REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - Bradford Leeds Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
17/YH/0066
Date of REC Opinion
9 Mar 2017
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion