Metacognitive Factors in Spinal Cord Injury
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Metacogntive Factors in Inpatients with Spinal Cord Injury
IRAS ID
229883
Contact name
Belledeep Dathan
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Oxford
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 8 months, 7 days
Research summary
Can the relationships people with spinal cord injuries have to their thoughts predict anxiety and depression symptoms?
The majority of people with spinal cord injury (SCI) healthily adjust to mentally coping with the effects of their injury. However, a proportion of those with SCI need further support in the form of psychological therapies to help them to adjust. They are also more likely to experience anxiety and depression than people without SCI.
There are several factors that can predict whether someone with SCI is likely to experience anxiety and depression, including the types of thoughts they have (cognitions) and the coping strategies they use. This study will investigate whether “metacognitive factors” can also predict anxiety and depression symptoms in people with SCI. Metacognitive factors can be understood as different ways in which people think about their thinking.
This study aims to recruit approximately 91 individual participants to complete a series of 6 questionnaires. Participants can take part if they are in their first admission for SCI at the National Spinal Injuries Centre (NSIC), Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust or Yorkshire Regional Spinal Injuries Centre, Pinderfields Hospital, The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
To take part in the study, participants will be asked to complete 6 questionnaires that will look at demographic information, thinking styles, coping strategies, metacognitive factors, functional independence and mood. This is likely to take 50-60 minutes.
This study is being carried out as part of a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of Oxford.REC name
South Central - Oxford B Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
17/SC/0597
Date of REC Opinion
21 Nov 2017
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion