Drop out of CBT in primary care.
Research type
Research Study
Full title
What insight can service users who choose to opt out of Cognitive Behavioural therapy (CBT) give us into their experiences?
IRAS ID
150058
Contact name
Elizabeth Newton
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Birmingham
Research summary
Drop out in CBT has not been very well researched. To date it is not clear in the literature what exact factors are associated with patient's dropping out of treatment. Furthermore it has not yet been looked at in primary care settings.
In primary care services such as Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) many people are being treated for common mental health issues such as depression and anxiety disorders. Therefore when service users disengage from treatment this will inevitably have various cost implications on NHS funded services such as IAPT and on the service user as they may still endure mental health issues. Therefore taking all this into consideration it seems salient to find out the exact reasons why service users drop out of CBT treatment.The study will look at the experience of service users who drop out of CBT. This will be investigated by interviewing 8 former service users who attended at least one sessions of CBT with IAPT and subsequently dropped out of treatment. This will help give further insight into their experience and why they disengaged. It will also help to identify anything that services could have done differently and explore factors associated with disengagement.
REC name
West Midlands - Solihull Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
14/WM/1089
Date of REC Opinion
3 Sep 2014
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion