The Personal Concerns Inventory Study (PCI)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Personality Disorders
• Interventions: Behavioral: Personal Concerns Inventory; Behavioral: Treatment as usual

• Registration Number: NCT01132976
• Lead Sponsor: Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Brief Summary

Services for people with personality disorders are challenged by how to engage clients in therapy. High non-completion rates have major cost-efficiency implications, but more worrying is that drop-out may be associated with negative outcomes for clients. The investigators have developed a motivational intervention that helps people focus on their valued and attainable life goals and consider how therapy could help with goal attainment.One way to improve retention in treatment is to deliver pre-therapy motivational preparation interviews. The primary aim of our proposed research is to gather information to determine whether a randomised controlled trial of a goal-based motivational intervention is feasible in a community personality disorder treatment service.

Detailed Description

The investigators aim to work with community adults with personality disorder. Referrals to Nottinghamshire NHS Trust's community personality disorder service will be eligible for inclusion. After initial assessment for suitability for the service, patients will be randomised to receive the motivational interview plus treatment as usual or treatment as usual only. The investigators aim to recruit 100 participants over 1½ years. The comparison is between a motivational intervention called the Personal Concerns Inventory plus treatment as usual and and treatment as usual only in the client preparation phase. The feasibility measures are (1) the recruitment rate to a goal-based motivational interview plus treatment as usual or treatment as usual only, and (2) the acceptability of the intervention to clients and therapists. The investigators will also develop measures to assess the processes by which the intervention may have an effect, and assess the cost of the intervention compared with treatment as usual.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-12
• Study First Submitted: 2010-05-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-05-27
• Study First Posted: 2010-05-28
• Primary Completion: 2012-03
• Study Completion: 2012-07
• Status Verified: 2024-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-03-21
• Last Update Posted: 2024-03-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 76

Inclusion Criteria

• Referred to the Nottinghamshire Personality Disorder and Development Network
• Opted to attend group sessions within the Nottinghamshire Personality Disorder and Development Network
• Aged 18 or over.
• Proficiency in spoken English
• Capacity to provide valid informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

• Currently enrolled in another trial

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Goal-based motivational interview	Personal Concerns Inventory	Participants randomised to this group will receive the goal based motivational interview - Personal Concerns Inventory (PCI) in addition to treatment as usual.
Treatment as usual	Treatment as usual	Participants randomly allocated to this group will receive treatment as usual only, ie no specific motivational intervention.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Recruitment	18 months	A randomised controlled trial will be considered feasible if the recruitment rate to the project is 54% of all referrals (95% CI 54-64).
Acceptability to patients	18 months	80% of clients find the intervention acceptable in terms of its practicability and usefulness (95% CI 80-91)
Acceptability to staff	18 months	80% therapists report finding the intervention helpful (95% CI 80-100)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Treatment attendance	20 weeks after intervention	Percentage sessions attended of sessions offered
Client Service Receipt Inventory	20 weeks after intervention	Client self-report of receipt of services
The Treatment Engagement Rating Scale (TER; Drieschner & Boomsma, 2008)	20 weeks after intervention	This is a therapist rating scale with items addressing the client's participation, constructive use of sessions, opennness, efforts to change, making sacrifices, goal directedness, and reflection.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Nottinghamshire Personality Disorder & Development Network, Mandala Centre; 🇬🇧 Nottingham, United Kingdom