Feasibility trial of support and skills course for mental health carers
- Conditions
- Complex emotional needs and/or chronic emotion dysregulationMental and Behavioural Disorders
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN16347322
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of York
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Ongoing
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 96
Potential carer participants must satisfy the following criteria to be enrolled in this study:
1. Adults aged >=18 years
2. Self- or service user-identified carer or support person. We recognise that the identification and recording of carers in patient records is not routine and we will explore the best identification mechanisms during the study
3. Willing to attend Family Connections groups
4. Willing to provide written, informed consent to take part
5. Access to PC/laptop/smartphone and good quality internet for the purpose of completing the intervention sessions as well as completing questionnaires and possible qualitative interviews online
6. Has not attended and completed Family Connections sessions previously
Potential service user participants must satisfy the following criteria to be enrolled in this study:
1. Adults aged >=18 years
2. Presenting with complex emotional needs and chronic emotion dysregulation, and/or a clinical diagnosis of borderline personality disorder or emotionally unstable personality disorder
3. Competent and willing to provide written, informed consent to take part
4. Access to PC/laptop/smartphone and good quality internet for the purpose of completing questionnaires and possible qualitative interviews online
Literacy levels such that the study materials are inaccessible. This will be established through discussion with the service user’s care coordinator during the eligibility assessment. Given this is a feasibility study the researchers will not have the resources to support non-English literacy/speaking participants.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Feasibility outcome:<br>Number of eligible carers and service users recruited within 6 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method