Wellbeing Screening_community evaluation

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Health and Wellbeing Screening for Young People in an Acute Setting: A Community Evaluation

• IRAS ID

  258174

• Contact name

  Katharine O'Loughlin

• Contact email

  katharine.o'loughlin@nhs.net

• Sponsor organisation

  Medway NHS Foundation Trust

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 3 months, 29 days

• Research summary

  The NHS England “Future in Mind” document identifies a national requirement to address the health and psychological well-being of young people through building upon established models of care and increasing access to relevant support services.

  Psychosocial issues and risk taking behaviours are major causes of morbidity and mortality among young people attending the Emergency Department. A motivational approach allows young people to be involved in their own health needs, and allows healthcare providers to potentially identify early psychosocial problems in order to offer a timely brief intervention such as signposting to relevant statutory or third sector organisations, advice leaflets or phone numbers to access relevant national and local support services.

  Symphony data analysis of acute presentations to the Medway NHS Foundation Trust's (MFT) Children’s Emergency Department between January and June 2017 highlighted 438 presentations associated with a psychosocial concern; a third of which were referred to CAMHS. Therefore, two-thirds of presentations did not require acute mental health intervention.

  There has been no research to date to assess the service users’ opinion of the perceived benefit and relevance of psychosocial screening when accessing acute medical services. To promote a motivational approach to health and well-being in young people it is important to understand the perceived relevance of health and well-being screening to young people and their carers, and to understand the feasibility of delivering this is a busy children's emergency department (ChED).

  The overall aim of this project is to collect in-depth qualitative information from young people in the local community, parents of young people, and NHS clinicians working in ChED about the relevance, utility and feasibility of delivering an app-based screening health and well-being tool.

• REC name

  Wales REC 4

• REC reference

  19/WA/0078

• Date of REC Opinion

  20 Mar 2019

• REC opinion

  Unfavourable Opinion