Neighbourhoods and IAPT treatment outcomes

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Mental health in poorer areas: How does my neighbourhood affect the success of my treatment?

• IRAS ID

  312653

• Contact name

  Nick Firth

• Contact email

  n.firth@sheffield.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  The University of Sheffield

• Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier

  ICA-CDRF-2018-04-ST2-043, NIHR Fellowship Reference

• Duration of Study in the UK

  1 years, 10 months, 31 days

• Research summary

  This study aims to understand how a person's neighbourhood is related to how helpful their psychological treatment is. In particular, the study will focus on the impact of living in a neighbourhood with less money, social support, quality of living, etc. (this is called socio-economic deprivation, and is similar to poverty). The study is influenced by research we recently completed that suggests that people living in some neighbourhoods find treatment less helpful than people in other neighbourhoods. Deprivation was important in explaining these differences.
  This study focuses on treatment from IAPT services. IAPT stands for Improving Access to Psychological Therapies. IAPT is a national programme that offers psychological treatment for common mental health difficulties.
  The study will interview patients who have attended IAPT treatment at one IAPT service. Patients will live in deprived neighbourhoods where clinical outcomes are generally either a) above average or b) below average. Interviews will last around 60-90 minutes and will be held at times and locations that are convenient to participants. Online and face-to-face interviews will both be offered. Participants will be offered £30 for their time attending interviews and £10 to cover travel costs or data costs. We will use information from the interviews to create themes that will help us understand how neighbourhoods (and particularly neighbourhood deprivation) affect people's psychological treatment.
  

• REC name

  London - Surrey Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  22/LO/0467

• Date of REC Opinion

  9 Aug 2022

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion