Acceptability and Feasibility of MOL in Acute Inpatient Units

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Psychosis; Suicidal
• Interventions: Other: Method of Levels therapy

• Registration Number: NCT05377294
• Lead Sponsor: University of Manchester

Brief Summary

The current study aims to test the acceptability and feasibility of a psychological therapy called Method of Levels (MOL) as an intervention for people in acute psychiatric inpatient units who are experiencing psychosis and/or suicidality.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-05-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-05-11
• Study First Posted: 2022-05-17
• Study Start: 2022-08-10
• Primary Completion: 2023-01-30
• Study Completion: 2023-02-01
• Status Verified: 2023-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-05-12
• Last Update Posted: 2023-05-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 14

Inclusion Criteria

• Adults over the age of 18 years
• Current service user in an acute inpatient ward in the Greater Manchester area
• Capacity to provide informed consent for participating in research
• Good command of English language
• WS1: Experiencing psychosis (this will be screened for using a clinical cut-off score on the CAPE (Mossaheb et al., 2012))
• WS2: Experiencing suicidality (this will be screened for using a cynical cut-off score on the Suicidal Behaviours Questionnaire - revised (SBQ-R) (Osman et al., 2001))

Exclusion Criteria

• Problems of an organic nature or a learning disability that might affect cognitive functioning

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
MOL therapy	Method of Levels therapy	Participants with Psychosis and/or Suicidality receiving MOL therapy

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Results of Novel Client Measure (descriptive)	End of therapy research meeting	Qualitative self-reported perception of what was helpful about the therapeutic environment
Feasibility of adaptions required	Final follow up meeting with final participant, 3 months after consent	Qualitative record of adaptions required for use of MOL in an acute inpatient setting
Proportion of approved patients recruited	Study consent meeting, approx. 1 week after initial meeting	We will deem the study feasible if at least 72% of approached people consent to participate
Number of participants who receiving the intervention	End of first therapy session, approx. 2 weeks after initial meeting	We will deem the study feasible if 10 participants receive at least one therapy session
Proportion of recruited patients retained	End of therapy interview	We will deem the study feasible if least 62% of recruited participants are retained (i.e. receive at least one therapy session and complete the end of therapy measures and interview)
Acceptability (qualitative)	End of therapy interview	Qualitative interview with participant at end of therapy analysed using Thematic Analysis
Results of Outcome Rating Scale (descriptive)	End of therapy research meeting	Qualitative self-report measure assessing areas of life functioning known to change as a result of therapeutic intervention

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

GMMH: Laureate House; 🇬🇧 Manchester, United Kingdom

GMMH Park House; 🇬🇧 Manchester, United Kingdom