A feasibility study for NOn-Traditional providers to support the management of Elderly People with Anxiety and Depression: the NOTEPAD study Protocol
BACKGROUND: Anxiety and depression are common among older people, with up to 20% reporting such symptoms, and the prevalence increases with co-morbid chronic physical health problems. Access to treatment for anxiety and depression in this population is poor due to a combination of factors at the le...
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| author | Burroughs, Heather Bartlam, Bernadette Kingstone, Tom Shepherd, Tom Ogollah, Reuben O. Proctor, Janine Waheed, Waquas Bower, Peter Bullock, Peter Lovell, Karina Gilbody, Simon Bailey, Della Butler-Whalley, Stephanie Chew-Graham, Carolyn |
| author_facet | Burroughs, Heather Bartlam, Bernadette Kingstone, Tom Shepherd, Tom Ogollah, Reuben O. Proctor, Janine Waheed, Waquas Bower, Peter Bullock, Peter Lovell, Karina Gilbody, Simon Bailey, Della Butler-Whalley, Stephanie Chew-Graham, Carolyn |
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Anxiety and depression are common among older people, with up to 20% reporting such symptoms, and the prevalence increases with co-morbid chronic physical health problems. Access to treatment for anxiety and depression in this population is poor due to a combination of factors at the level of patient, practitioner and healthcare system. There is evidence to suggest that older people with anxiety and/or depression may benefit both from one-to-one interventions and group social or educational activities, which reduce loneliness, are participatory and offer some activity. Non-traditional providers (support workers) working within third-sector (voluntary) organisations are a valuable source of expertise within the community but are under-utilised by primary care practitioners. Such a resource could increase access to care, and be less stigmatising and more acceptable for older people.
METHODS:
The study is in three phases and this paper describes the protocol for phase III, which will evaluate the feasibility of recruiting general practices and patients into the study, and determine whether support workers can deliver the intervention to older people with sufficient fidelity and whether this approach is acceptable to patients, general practitioners and the third-sector providers. Phase III of the NOTEPAD study is a randomised controlled trial (RCT) that is individually randomised. It recruited participants from approximately six general practices in the UK. In total, 100 participants aged 65 years and over who score 10 or more on PHQ9 or GAD7 for anxiety or depression will be recruited and randomised to the intervention or usual general practice care. A mixed methods approach will be used and follow-up will be conducted 12 weeks post-randomisation.
DISCUSSION:
This study will inform the design and methods of a future full-scale RCT.
TRIAL REGISTRATION:
ISRCTN, ID: ISRCTN16318986 . Registered 10 November 2016. The ISRCTN registration is in line with the World Health Organization Trial Registration Data Set. The present paper represents the original version of the protocol. Any changes to the protocol will be communicated to ISRCTN. |
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| spelling | nottingham-507562018-03-28T14:06:12Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50756/ A feasibility study for NOn-Traditional providers to support the management of Elderly People with Anxiety and Depression: the NOTEPAD study Protocol Burroughs, Heather Bartlam, Bernadette Kingstone, Tom Shepherd, Tom Ogollah, Reuben O. Proctor, Janine Waheed, Waquas Bower, Peter Bullock, Peter Lovell, Karina Gilbody, Simon Bailey, Della Butler-Whalley, Stephanie Chew-Graham, Carolyn BACKGROUND: Anxiety and depression are common among older people, with up to 20% reporting such symptoms, and the prevalence increases with co-morbid chronic physical health problems. Access to treatment for anxiety and depression in this population is poor due to a combination of factors at the level of patient, practitioner and healthcare system. There is evidence to suggest that older people with anxiety and/or depression may benefit both from one-to-one interventions and group social or educational activities, which reduce loneliness, are participatory and offer some activity. Non-traditional providers (support workers) working within third-sector (voluntary) organisations are a valuable source of expertise within the community but are under-utilised by primary care practitioners. Such a resource could increase access to care, and be less stigmatising and more acceptable for older people. METHODS: The study is in three phases and this paper describes the protocol for phase III, which will evaluate the feasibility of recruiting general practices and patients into the study, and determine whether support workers can deliver the intervention to older people with sufficient fidelity and whether this approach is acceptable to patients, general practitioners and the third-sector providers. Phase III of the NOTEPAD study is a randomised controlled trial (RCT) that is individually randomised. It recruited participants from approximately six general practices in the UK. In total, 100 participants aged 65 years and over who score 10 or more on PHQ9 or GAD7 for anxiety or depression will be recruited and randomised to the intervention or usual general practice care. A mixed methods approach will be used and follow-up will be conducted 12 weeks post-randomisation. DISCUSSION: This study will inform the design and methods of a future full-scale RCT. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ISRCTN, ID: ISRCTN16318986 . Registered 10 November 2016. The ISRCTN registration is in line with the World Health Organization Trial Registration Data Set. The present paper represents the original version of the protocol. Any changes to the protocol will be communicated to ISRCTN. BioMed Central 2018-03-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50756/1/Borroughs%20et%20al%202018-RO.pdf Burroughs, Heather, Bartlam, Bernadette, Kingstone, Tom, Shepherd, Tom, Ogollah, Reuben O., Proctor, Janine, Waheed, Waquas, Bower, Peter, Bullock, Peter, Lovell, Karina, Gilbody, Simon, Bailey, Della, Butler-Whalley, Stephanie and Chew-Graham, Carolyn (2018) A feasibility study for NOn-Traditional providers to support the management of Elderly People with Anxiety and Depression: the NOTEPAD study Protocol. Trials, 19 . 172/1-172/11. ISSN 1745-6215 Depression Anxiety Older people Psychosocial intervention Community Third sector https://trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13063-018-2550-6 doi:10.1186/s13063-018-2550-6 doi:10.1186/s13063-018-2550-6 |
| spellingShingle | Depression Anxiety Older people Psychosocial intervention Community Third sector Burroughs, Heather Bartlam, Bernadette Kingstone, Tom Shepherd, Tom Ogollah, Reuben O. Proctor, Janine Waheed, Waquas Bower, Peter Bullock, Peter Lovell, Karina Gilbody, Simon Bailey, Della Butler-Whalley, Stephanie Chew-Graham, Carolyn A feasibility study for NOn-Traditional providers to support the management of Elderly People with Anxiety and Depression: the NOTEPAD study Protocol |
| title | A feasibility study for NOn-Traditional providers to support the management of Elderly People with Anxiety and Depression: the NOTEPAD study Protocol |
| title_full | A feasibility study for NOn-Traditional providers to support the management of Elderly People with Anxiety and Depression: the NOTEPAD study Protocol |
| title_fullStr | A feasibility study for NOn-Traditional providers to support the management of Elderly People with Anxiety and Depression: the NOTEPAD study Protocol |
| title_full_unstemmed | A feasibility study for NOn-Traditional providers to support the management of Elderly People with Anxiety and Depression: the NOTEPAD study Protocol |
| title_short | A feasibility study for NOn-Traditional providers to support the management of Elderly People with Anxiety and Depression: the NOTEPAD study Protocol |
| title_sort | feasibility study for non-traditional providers to support the management of elderly people with anxiety and depression: the notepad study protocol |
| topic | Depression Anxiety Older people Psychosocial intervention Community Third sector |
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