Treatment for Depression in the Elderly
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Treatment for Depression in the Elderly: Hospital Admission or Community Treatment - Thoughts and perceptions from service users and their carers/care coordinators/next of kin - Comparison between them.
IRAS ID
231030
Contact name
Lawrence K. Dadzie
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Middlesex University
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 2 months, 6 days
Research summary
Depression in the Elderly: community treatment or hospital admission. Comparison between different perceptions service users and their carers, next of kin, care coordinators.
The main aim will be to find out the emotions, feelings, thoughts, and perceptions of older adults suffering from depression and their experience of being treated in the community and/or admitted into hospital.
These perceptions will be also collected from their carers, care coordinators, or next of kin. These perceptions will then be compared.
The objective will be to understand service users’ feelings and their next of kin.
By reflecting on the results, health professionals will have the opportunity to improve their performance by knowing the service users’ perception.The aim of this study is to understand why service users thinks that they should be treated into hospital, when they are being treated in the community, or the other way round, or where they should have been treated, and the perceptions of their carers/care coordinators/next of kin.
Method/Methodology/Data collection/Analysis – This is a qualitative research, where five service users suffering or having suffered from depression (60 or older than 60) and their carers will be interview through semi-structure interviews.
REC name
HSC REC A
REC reference
17/NI/0149
Date of REC Opinion
1 Aug 2017
REC opinion
Unfavourable Opinion