Groupwork engagement outcomes for forensic patients
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The association between forensic patients’ characteristics and engagement outcomes for group-work intervention programmes at Broadmoor Hospital.
IRAS ID
83784
Contact name
James Tapp
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
North Central London Research Consortium
Research summary
Attrition from interventions delivered in forensic inpatient settings can have a number of implications for the patient, service provider and public. For the patient, non-completion has been found to be associated with poorer clinical and forensic outcomes, which has a direct impact on the public if the focus is on risk reduction. For the service provider the ineffective use of resources can be costly. The proposed project aims to identify individual (internal) and service related (external) characteristics that are associated with increased risk of non-completion with groupwork interventions. The objective is to identify relevant characteristics that warrant consideration when planning care for patient in a high secure hospital setting.
A retrospective analysis of routinely collected clinical and service data at a Centralised Groupwork Service will be conducted to examined differences between patients referred to the service that complete interventions compared to patients that drop out of or refuse groupwork.
REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - Sheffield Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
13/YH/0193
Date of REC Opinion
6 Jun 2013
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion