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The clinical and cost-effectiveness of a Victim Improvement Package (VIP) for the reduction of chronic symptoms of depression or anxiety in older victims of common crime (the VIP trial): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Marc Serfaty, Trefor Aspden, Jessica Satchell, Anthony Kessel, Gloria Laycock, Chris R Brewin, Marta Buszewicz, Aidan O'Keeffe, Rachael Hunter, Gerard Leavey and 5 more

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Article in Trials, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Interventions to identify and manage depression delivered by 'nontraditional' providers to community-dwelling older adults: A realist review.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 8 institutions in 1 country.

Marc SerfatyDivision of Psychiatry, UCL, 6th Floor Maple House, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 7NF, UK. m.serfaty@ucl.ac.uk.
Trefor AspdenDivision of Psychiatry, UCL, 6th Floor Maple House, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 7NF, UK.
Jessica SatchellDivision of Psychiatry, UCL, 6th Floor Maple House, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 7NF, UK.
Anthony KesselPublic Health England, 133-155 Waterloo Road, London, SE1 8UG, UK.
Gloria LaycockJill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science, UCL, 35 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9EZ, UK.
Chris R BrewinClinical Psychology, UCL, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
Marta BuszewiczResearch Department of Primary Care and Population Health, UCL, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
Aidan O'KeeffeDepartment of Statistical Science, UCL, Gower St., London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
Rachael HunterResearch Department of Primary Care and Population Health, UCL, Royal Free Medical School, London, NW3 2PF, UK.
Gerard LeaveyBamford Centre for Mental Health Wellbeing, Ulster University, Cromore Road, Coleraine, Northern Ireland.
Jon Cuming-HiggsMind, 15-19 Broadway, London, E15 4BQ, UK.
Vari DrennanJoint Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education, Kingston University and St. George's University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, SW17 0RE, UK.
Monica RiverosAge UK Camden, Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9NA, UK.
David AndrewLived experience researcher/user representative Middlesex, London, UK.
Martin BlanchardUCL, Gower St., London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
University College London · GBAge UK · GBMiddlesex University · GBMind · GBPublic Health England · GBSt George's, University of London · GBThe Royal Free Hospital · GBUniversity of Ulster · GB

Funding

Department of Health 13/164/32Public Health Research Programme 13/164/32
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOlder people are vulnerable to sustained high levels of psychosocial distress following a crime. A cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)-informed psychological therapy, the Victim Improvement Package (VIP) may aid recovery. The VIP trial aims to test the clinical and cost-effectiveness of the VIP for alleviating depressive and anxiety symptoms in older victims of crime. METHODS/

designPeople aged 65 years or more who report being a victim of crime will be screened by Metropolitan Police Service Safer Neighbourhood Teams within a month of the crime for distress using the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 and the Generalised Anxiety Disorder-2. Those who screen positive will be signposted to their GP for assistance, and re-screened at 3 months. Participants who screen positive for depression and/or anxiety at re-screening are randomised to a CBT informed VIP added to treatment as usual (TAU) compared to TAU alone. The intervention consists of 10 individual 1-h sessions, delivered weekly by therapists from the mental health charity Mind. The primary outcome measure is the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), used as a composite measure, assessed at 6 months after the crime (post therapy) with a 9-month post-crime follow-up. Secondary outcome measures include the EQ-5D, and a modified Client Service Receipt Inventory. A total of 226 participants will be randomised VIP:TAU with a ratio 1:1, in order to detect a standardised difference of at least 0.5 between groups, using a mixed-effects linear-regression model with 90% power and a 5% significance level (adjusting for therapist clustering and potential drop-out). A cost-effectiveness analysis will incorporate intervention costs to compare overall health care costs and quality of life years between treatment arms. An embedded study will examine the impact of past trauma and engagement in safety behaviours and distress on the main outcomes. DISCUSSION: This trial should provide data on the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a CBT-informed psychological therapy for older victims of crime with anxiety and/or depressive symptoms and should demonstrate a model of integrated cross-agency working. Our findings should provide evidence for policy-makers, commissioners and clinicians responding to the needs of older victims of crime.

trial registrationInternational Standard Randomised Controlled Trials Number, ID: ISRCTN16929670. Registered on 3 August 2016.

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Health Care CostsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicAgedAged, 80 and overAnxietyCognitive Behavioral TherapyCost-Benefit AnalysisCrime VictimsDepressionFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleQuality of LifeSingle-Blind MethodSurveys and QuestionnairesAnxietyCBTCrimeDepressionOlder victims

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PMCPMC7161204
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