Predictors of Psychological Therapy Outcomes in Health Conditions
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Predictors of Outcome in Psychological Therapy for Co-Morbid Long-Term Health Conditions and Common Mental Health Problems
IRAS ID
271325
Contact name
Alison Pooler
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Keele University
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 8 months, 1 days
Research summary
To date, a range of studies report psychological therapy to be an effective treatment for co-morbid physical and common mental health problems (anxiety and/or depression). However, the presence of a co-existing long-term health condition, one that cannot be cured and requires on-going care, appears to result in less favourable therapy outcomes on measures of anxiety and depression when compared with psychological therapy outcomes for people with common mental health problems alone.
Currently, a range of pre-treatment patient factors along with the method of delivering treatment have been reported to influence therapy outcomes. In addition, research also reveals early reliable improvement in therapy to predict favourable end of treatment outcomes. Yet, the extent to which these factors influence psychological therapy outcomes remains unclear as no study has considered the strength these factors have on therapy outcomes for people with co-existing physical and mental health problems.
This studies main objective is to examine the extent to which pre-treatment patient factors, methods of delivering psychological therapy and early reliable improvement have on end of treatment outcomes on measures of anxiety and depression for people with co-morbid long-term health problems and common mental health problems. The study will adopt a two-year observational cohort design and will use secondary sourced anonymised data which has been routinely collected during a persons’ course of treatment in an Improving Access to Psychological Therapy service for long-term conditions (IAPT-LTC). The data used in the study is nationally mandated within the IAPT-LTC programme and is publicly reported via www.digital.nhs.uk. This study intends to use a copy of the anonymised data used by NHS digital for analysis in order the meet the studies objectives.
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