The relationship between clients with BPD and their Care Coordinators
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A qualitative exploration of the relationship between clients with a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder and their Care-Coordinators within the community mental health setting.
IRAS ID
168977
Contact name
Louise Bradbury
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Surrey
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 7 months, days
Research summary
From review of the existing literature there is little research into the relationships between clients with Borderline Personality Disorder and their care coordinators, with a focus directed in the main towards the views of clinicians. The is a paucity of literature considering the client experience of these relationships, as well as what is perceived by this group as helpful or unhelpful styles of interaction. Previous research has noted the importance of building on our understanding of best practice in providing care coordination (Nehls, 2001). At present the government guidance on the role of care coordinator in every day interactions with clients is lacking, therefore it is hoped that the proposed study may have clinical implications in providing clearer guidance to inform more meaningful and helpful client-centred interactions.
An exploratory qualitative approach will be used to consider how people with a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder experience their relationships and interactions with their care coordinators in a community setting. The project will make use of semi-structured interviews which will be analysed using an interpretative phenomenological approach in order to understand how participants make sense of the relationships in question. The aim of interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) is to explore in detail how participants make sense of their personal and social world, particularly through examination of their lived experience and through the participant's own terms. In this way we are able to find out in detail what the experience is like for the individual participant and how they have made sense of the experience.
The study will take place in Community Mental Health Recovery Services provided by Surrey and Borders Partnership Foundation Trust and will seek to gain an understanding of how people with a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder experience their relationships with their care-coordinators within this setting.
REC name
South Central - Hampshire B Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/SC/0439
Date of REC Opinion
26 Aug 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion