Interventions to improve patient safety for CAMHS-treated adolescents
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Developing interventions to improve patient safety for CAMHS-treated adolescents
IRAS ID
313791
Contact name
Stacey Body
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Manchester
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
N/A, N/A
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 8 months, 3 days
Research summary
Discharge from CAMHS to community and primary care is described by patients and staff is a distressing period. Interventions are needed to support information sharing and discharge planning during this transition. The SAFER-Plus patient flow bundle was designed to help adult discharge from mental health settings, but there has yet to be an equivalent for adolescent patients transitioning from CAMHS. This research will adapt the SAFER-Plus patient flow bundle for use with adolescent inpatients. It will test whether the bundle is acceptable and feasible by administering the care bundle to adolescent inpatients treated in a single inpatient CAMHS ward. The uncontrolled before-and-after study will last six weeks, and the bundle will be delivered to patients as part of routine care by their healthcare team. Data will be collected through questionnaires and interviews to assess the intervention.
Self-harm is a major public health concern, which has recently increased among young people. One solution to reduce self-harm is the ‘volitional help sheet’ (VHS), which supports people to use coping strategies in situations where they feel the urge to self-harm. There is potential to adapt the paper intervention into a smartphone app that is suitable for young people. While the VHS has been successful with adults discharged from hospital, it is unclear whether it is acceptable for adolescents that have self-harmed. It is also unknown whether the VHS is suitable for delivery by healthcare professionals. This research will coproduce a smartphone app with young people using a thinkaloud study, then test whether it is effective at reducing self-harm through a 6-month randomised controlled trial, and follow-up interviews, with adolescents that have a history of self-harm. The research will engage with primary care/CAMHS stakeholders through a RAND/UCLA method consensus study to develop a VHS that is acceptable to healthcare professionals and patients.REC name
South West - Cornwall & Plymouth Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
22/SW/0096
Date of REC Opinion
7 Sep 2022
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion