Inpatient Activities Study
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Co-Producing activities that support health, recovery and mental wellbeing for people with psychosis on acute mental health wards ... and beyond
IRAS ID
322268
Contact name
Alan Simpson
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
King's College London
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 11 months, 29 days
Research summary
Boredom is a big issue on inpatient mental health wards that is linked to poor patient satisfaction, feelings of frustration and increased incidents of self-harm and aggression. Where wards have a good range of activities, for example art, music, computer games, gardening and exercise, service users felt less bored and had improved well-being. Studies have reported a lack of activities, especially during evenings and weekends. Little is known about what activities service users want, or how activities might be meaningful for them. Furthermore, there is even less research that specifically explores or addresses the need for ward activities from the perspectives of people with psychosis from Black communities, who are far more likely than other service users to experience stigma, discrimination, and exclusion from family, public and community organisations. By seeing what makes activities desirable and accessible, we can understand how to improve the experiences of service users on wards.
Study Aim: to co-produce recommended activities with staff and service users that will promote health, recovery and wellbeing for people living with psychosis on and beyond acute mental health wards.
To achieve this, we will do 69 interviews with service users (n=36), staff (n=14), managers (n=3) and community partners (n=6) across three hospital sites (2 wards per site) to explore and identify excellent activities, involvement of community organisations, and remote/digital innovations, and suggest new activities and/or approaches that would meet the aims of the project. In addition, we will do observations on the six wards using the Activities Mapping Tool and The Camden Staff-Patient Activity Record (CaSPAR) to map the types of activities, their delivery and levels of engagement. Data will be presented at a consensus event to coproduce a list of key recommendations and activities that promote recovery and well-being for service users with psychosis.
REC name
London - Camden & Kings Cross Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
23/LO/0337
Date of REC Opinion
3 May 2023
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion