VOICE PD Views on inpatient care Version 1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Patient contributions to the evidence base on inpatient care. Study: Adapting the Views On Inpatient Care (VOICE) questionnaire to meet the needs of those with a primary diagnosis of Personality Disorder.
IRAS ID
190334
Contact name
Diana Rose
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
King's College London
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, 1 days
Research summary
People with a diagnosis of Personality Disorder are at risk of admission to acute inpatient wards and may experience recurrent hospitalisations which typically last for very short periods of time. Their experience of hospital is likely to be different from others and there is a growing literature on the stigma associated with a diagnosis of Personality Disorder. The present study seeks to adapt an existing service-user generated measure of service-users perceptions of their experiences of inpatient care in order that it meets the needs of service-users with a primary diagnosis of Personality Disorder. Participants will be service users with a diagnosis of Personality disorder who have had an inpatient stay due to this within the past year. The study will employ a qualitative and participatory methodology. The in-depth qualitative interview method will be used in the study as this will allow participants to speak freely about their inpatient experiences and will allow questions to flow as the researcher can follow up or probe further into participants’ answers. Interview transcripts will be subject to thematic analyses and the measure will be adapted based upon these thematic analyses. A focus group will be convened, made up of a number of the service-users who were interviewed. Their feedback will be sought on the researcher’s analyses and the adapted measure. A feasibility study will be carried out on acute inpatient wards to test aspects of the measure such as ease of self-completion by service-users and relevance to service-users. The study is expected to be completed in August 2016 and the adapted measure will be available for use with service-users on acute inpatient wards by this time.
REC name
London - Dulwich Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/LO/0284
Date of REC Opinion
22 Feb 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion