DISCOVER Workshop Programme for Care Experienced Young People

Mental Health Issue Clinical Trial

Official title:

DISCOVER "Getting the Life You Want" Workshop Programme for Care Experienced Young People Aged 16-19: A Feasibility and Acceptability Pilot Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05220436
• Other study ID #: 303093
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 2022
• Est. completion date: September 2022

Study information

• Verified date: February 2022
• Source: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
• Contact: Emilie Bourke, DClinPsy
• Phone: 07702686322
• Email: emilie.bourke[@]slam.nhs.uk
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The NHS DISCOVER team has secured 2-year funding from the Maudsley Charity to tailor the workshop programme the investigators deliver in school Sixth Forms to meet the specific needs of Care Experienced young people. The investigators are planning to complete a pilot of this adapted workshop programme within Medway Children's Social Services to explore its feasibility, accessibility, acceptability and early-stage efficacy within this population of adolescents.

Investigators from the DISCOVER team will recruit young people aged 16-19yrs who are currently known to the Medway Care Leavers 16+ teams. The study will be conducted at Medway Local Authority sites, with the option of some stages being completed remotely via Microsoft Teams if needed in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: September 2022
• Est. primary completion date: September 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 16 Years to 19 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Participants who are eligible to take part in this DISCOVER research project will be:

• Young people aged 16-19 years who have experience of being in Care and are currently under one of the Medway Children's Social Care, Care Leavers 16+ teams. This means that they are either currently a Looked After young person or a Care Leaver (i.e. they are no longer Looked After but they remain under the care of a Medway Care Leavers team).

• Able to work within a group setting over the course of a day workshop.

• Able to communicate and read in English.

Exclusion Criteria:

The investigators will not be able to recruit young people to the project if they are:

• Acutely psychotic or actively suicidal.

• Currently taking part in other research project(s).

• Under the influence of alcohol or any other substances during DISCOVER programme meetings - this is essential as a safety consideration for all participants and staff. Struggles with alcohol/substance use in themselves are not necessarily grounds for exclusion; the investigators will discuss with the allocated member of the young person's Care Leavers 16+ team on a case-by-case basis where relevant.

• Unable to communicate and read in English - as the investigators are at an early stage in developing this DISCOVER workshop programme for Care Experienced young people, these young people must be excluded at this time. However, the investigators are eager to review this criterion in future to enhance the accessibility of the intervention, once the initial feasibility and acceptability of the workshop programme has been established.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Emotional Regulation
• Emotional Stress
• Mental Health Issue

Intervention

Other:
• DISCOVER workshop programme
See arm description. The manualised group workshop day is informed by Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy principles.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United Kingdom	16+ Care Leavers Service, Medway Children's Services	Chatham
United Kingdom	South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust	London

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust	Medway Children's Services

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United Kingdom, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Participant uptake (Feasibility & acceptability)	Number of young people who come forward for and ultimately take part in the new DISCOVER workshop programme	From outset of recruitment, through to final study completion: 10 months
Primary	Participant retention (Feasibility & acceptability)	Number of young people who remain in the study throughout all stages of the programme	From outset of recruitment, through to final study completion: 10 months
Primary	Participant feedback about experience of the programme (Acceptability)	DISCOVER semi-structured interview to gather participants' qualitative feedback about the programme	During closing follow-up one-to-one meeting with DISCOVER team: 2 months after workshop day
Secondary	Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (Angold et al., 1995)	Depression/low mood symptoms (self-report) - Scores range from 0-66 - higher score indicates higher level of depression symptoms	CHANGE MEASURE: Pre-workshop and follow-up one-to-one meetings (Baseline - 2 months after workshop day)
Secondary	The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders (Birmaher et al, 1999)	Anxiety symptoms (self-report) - Scores range from 0-82 - higher score indicates higher level of anxiety	CHANGE MEASURE: Pre- and post-workshop 1:1 meetings (Baseline - 2 months after workshop day)
Secondary	Child & Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (Greco et al., 2011)	Capacity for mindfulness (self-report) - Scores range from 0-40 - higher score indicates higher level of mindfulness (after reverse scoring)	CHANGE MEASURE: Pre-workshop and follow-up one-to-one meetings (Baseline - 2 months after workshop day)
Secondary	Warwick & Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (Tennant et al., 2007)	Emotional well-being and resilience (self-report) - Scores range from 14-70 - higher score indicates greater positive mental wellbeing	CHANGE MEASURE: Pre-workshop and follow-up one-to-one meetings (Baseline - 2 months after workshop day)

External Links

•   Our funder - Maudsley Charity - summarise the planned project on their website