Parenting Intervention for Parents with Psychosis Version 1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Parenting intervention for parents with psychosis in adult mental health services (PIPPA): An acceptability and feasibility trial
IRAS ID
330481
Contact name
Lynsey Gregg
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Manchester
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 6 months, 31 days
Research summary
Around 2 in 100 people experience psychosis and the majority of these are parents. The stress of parenting can worsen psychotic symptoms and parents with psychosis need help early. Their children tend to do less well in life and are more likely to develop mental health problems themselves.
A self-directed parenting programme, called TripleP, could be useful for parents with psychosis. TripleP reduces parenting stress by improving parenting skills and child behaviour, but we do not yet know how well it works for parents with psychosis.
In this study, we will compare TripleP to usual care within adult mental health services. People taking part will receive either TripleP in addition to their usual care or usual care alone. Which group people are in will be selected at random.
Parents offered TripleP can choose to access it online or via a workbook.
We aim to find out:• if we can recruit 75 parents with psychosis,
• whether they will complete TripleP, and
• whether we can keep them in the study.We will measure parenting stress, confidence, mental health and wellbeing alongside children’s behaviour at the start (baseline), at the end of programme, and after six and nine months, comparing the two groups at the end. We will also interview parents and staff to explore their experiences of taking part. We want to find out what was easy or difficult, and if there were any benefits or otherwise. This information will help us determine the best way of delivering TripleP to parents with psychosis and to design a full clinical trial to test TripleP further in the future.
The study is funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), and will be hosted by Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) NHS Foundation Trust, and Pennine Care Foundation Trust (PCFT).
REC name
East of England - Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
23/EE/0273
Date of REC Opinion
6 Mar 2024
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion