Trialling an optimised social groups intervention in services to enhance social connectedness and mental health in vulnerable young people (TOGETHER): Study protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial.

Autor: Vella C; School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom., Berry C; Primary Care and Public Health, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, United Kingdom., Easterbrook MJ; School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom., Bibby-Jones AM; Research and Development Department, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Hove, United Kingdom., Michelson D; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, King's College London, London, United Kingdom., Bogen-Johnston L; Research and Development Department, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Hove, United Kingdom., Fowler D; School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2023 Aug 15; Vol. 18 (8), pp. e0288676. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Aug 15 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0288676
Abstrakt: Background: Calls have been made to rethink the mental health support currently available for young people. This study aims to help re-focus and reduce the inaccessibility of mental health services by offering an adapted version of a theoretically-driven, evidence-based, guided psychosocial intervention known as 'Groups 4 Health' (G4H). To date, the G4H intervention has mainly been trialled in Australia, with promising positive effects on social connection, mental health and well-being. The present study examines the feasibility of running a randomised controlled trial when delivering the G4H intervention for young people in the UK.
Methods: The TOGETHER study is a feasibility randomised controlled trial of an adapted version of the G4H intervention. Participants are aged 16-25, currently experiencing mental health difficulties and recruited from mental health services. The target sample size is 30, with 15 in each trial arm. Participants are randomly allocated to either G4H plus treatment as usual, or treatment as usual alone. The primary outcomes of interest are the feasibility of recruitment, randomisation, data collection and retention to the study at 10 and 14 week follow up, as well as the acceptability, and accessibility of the study protocol and G4H intervention.
Discussion: The results of this study will indicate if further optimisation is required to improve the feasibility, acceptability and accessibility of the intervention and study protocol procedures as perceived by end users and practitioners. This offers a significant opportunity to support the local and national demand for accessible, innovative, and effective psychosocial youth mental health support.
Trial Registration: ISRCTN registry (ISRCTN12505807). Registration date: 11/04/2022.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
(Copyright: © 2023 Vella et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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