Service User Experiences of Inpatient Rehab
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Service user experiences of inpatient rehabilitation services for people with a diagnosis of a 'personality disorder'
IRAS ID
338566
Contact name
Tchilissila Alicerces Simões
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Leicester
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 6 months, 3 days
Research summary
National guidance suggests that specialist and bespoke services should be offered for people with a diagnosis of a ‘personality disorder’, and that the use of inpatient rehabilitation placements should be reduced. The Care Quality Commission has raised concerns regarding the quality of care people receive in inpatient environments. Despite this, several million pounds a year are spent on these placements for people with a diagnosis of a personality disorder, many of which result in people being in long-term inpatient units far from their homes.
Currently there is little published research exploring the views of those with a diagnosis of a personality disorder who have experienced being in these environments. Gaining feedback on how these services operate is important considering how many placements the NHS continues to fund. Exploring service user views could help to identify how these placements have impacted people, as well as inform decision-making processes about funding these placements and intervention options for people in future.
The overall aim of this study is to explore service user experiences of inpatient rehabilitation services for people with a diagnosis of ‘personality disorder’. A secondary aim is to identify aspects of inpatient rehabilitation services that are helpful and unhelpful from a service user perspective, to inform clinical practice recommendations.
Adults who have been diagnosed with a ‘personality disorder’ who have been admitted to and discharged from an inpatient rehabilitation unit in England in the past five years are eligible to take part. Participants will be invited to attend a 45-60 minute interview, which will explore their experiences of inpatient rehabilitation services. Interviews will take place on Microsoft Teams or face-to-face and will be recorded. The data will be analysed to identify themes across participants’ experiences and the findings will be discussed in the context of current intervention pathways.
REC name
East Midlands - Nottingham 2 Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
24/EM/0109
Date of REC Opinion
28 May 2024
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion