Development of a Money Advice Intervention Within IAPT

Depression Clinical Trial

Official title:

Development of a Money Advice Intervention Within IAPT: Service User Case-studies

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04926675
• Other study ID #: 300734
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 27, 2021
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: March 2023
• Source: King's College London
• Contact: Til Wykes, Prof. Dame.
• Phone: 0044 (20)7848 0596/5040
• Email: till.wykes[@]kcl.ac.uk
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study is the second study of a larger project and will begin the process of testing and the development of an integrated intervention on a series of case studies. The combined intervention provides psychological therapy and debt advice in tandem. The treatment pathway is based on interviews and focus groups with service users and staff and the themes that emerged. It will be trialled in the NHS' Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) service. Participants routinely accessing this service who have debt issues affecting their mental health will be asked if they'd like to also take up support for their money worries, which will be provided by Citizen's Advice (CA). Researchers will take exit interviews with both service users and staff at the end of the treatment to develop the protocol further. Researchers will also assess measures of mental health and wellbeing that are routinely taken by IAPT to review the intervention.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 24
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: June 30, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• IAPT clients referred for 'high-intensity' one-to-one treatment in the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust (SLaM)
• Have mental health problems and experience of money problems that are effecting these
• Can access technology

Exclusion Criteria:

• Inability to give informed consent due to mental incapacity (as assessed by IAPT therapists)
• Participants whose care team specify concerns regarding taking part in the study.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Mental Health Issue

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Psychological Therapy
Participants will be receiving their one-to-one psychological therapy from IAPT as usual. They typically receive between 6 and 12 sessions with a psychological practitioner.
• Debt Advice
Participants will receive one-to-one support from a Citizen's Advice (CA) money advisor for as long as needed to resolve any money worries currently affecting their mental health.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United Kingdom	King's College London	London

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
King's College London

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United Kingdom, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Reliable recovery - anxiety	Changes on the Generalized Anxiety Disorder - 7 (GAD-7), from above clinical cut off pre intervention (> 5) to below cut off post intervention (<5). The seven items on the scale ask participants to rate on a scale of 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly everyday) how often they were bothered by each symptom. Total scores can range from 0 - 21, with higher scores indicating more anxiety.	6-12 weeks
Primary	Reliable recovery - depression	Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 (PHQ-9), from above clinical cut off pre intervention (> 5) to below cut off post intervention (<5). The nine items on the scale ask participants to rate on a scale of 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly everyday) how often they were bothered by each symptom. Total scores can range from 0 - 27, with higher scores indicating more depressive symptoms.	6-12 weeks
Primary	Reliable recovery - adjustment	Work and Social Adjustment Scale - 5 (WSAS-5), from above clinical cut off pre intervention (> 10) to below cut off post intervention (<10). The five items on the scale ask participants to rate on a scale of 0 (not at all) to 8 (very severely) how much they feel they are impaired for each task. Total scores can range from 0 - 40, with higher scores indicating more impairment across work and social tasks.	6 - 12 weeks
Secondary	Financial Outcomes and service satisfaction	This survey has been adapted for the purposes of this study. It uses questions taken from the audit measure of service satisfaction used by Citizen's Advice. Participants are asked to rate on a scale of 1 (not at all) to 5 (a great deal) how much they experienced six possible effects from the combined intervention. Scores range from 6 to 30, with higher scores indicating more positive outcomes in relation to personal finances from the intervention.	6-12 weeks