Experiences of care receiving and giving during Covid-19 V1.1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
What are working age adult community mental health service users and community mental health service registered nurses experiences of receiving and giving care during the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions? In particular what has helped or hindered the provision of good care?
IRAS ID
283702
Contact name
Valentina Short
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Tees Esk and Wear
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, 26 days
Research summary
Mental health community care services have been radically altered at short notice in NHS (National Health Service) England in response to Covid-19 pandemic restrictions. It is important to understand how care alterations have been experienced as helpful or unhelpful in order to influence future care alterations undertaken as part of any further potential pandemic restrictions.
We aim to study the experiences of 15 community mental health service users and 15 registered mental health nurses, who were receiving or providing community care respectively during pandemic restrictions. The study will examine care in working age adult community mental health services across three NHS sites in England.
Qualitative research semi-structured interviews will be used, in which participants relate their personal experiences of care during the pandemic restrictions. Potential participants will be approached and selected because they have had the experiences that the research is interested in. Participants approached can decline to take part. Interviews will take 30-45 minutes.
Interviews will take place via the Attend Anywhere NHS platform for virtual consultations for service users. Registered nurse interviews will employ Microsoft Teams platform. Responses will be audio recorded and transcribed (written up) using an NHS approved transcription service. Participant anonymity will be protected at all times. Identifying information will be held confidentially by the core research team comprised of the chief and principal investigators.
Anonymised responses will be analysed using thematic analysis, which looks for common themes in participant responses.
Anonymised findings will be written up for NHS managers and academic health journal submission. Information collected will continue to be stored securely and confidentially after the study.
The study will be supported by a reference group (see attached protocol).
REC name
East Midlands - Nottingham 1 Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
20/EM/0266
Date of REC Opinion
11 Jan 2021
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion