Trial reportBMC psychiatry2022
A cluster randomised controlled trial of a ward-based intervention to improve access to psychologically-informed care and psychological therapy for mental health in-patients.
Trial report in BMC psychiatry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03950388 (A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial of a Ward-Based Intervention to Improve Access to Psychologically-Informed Care and Psychological Therapy for Mental Health In-Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial of a Ward-Based Intervention to Improve Access to Psychologically-Informed Care and Psychological Therapy for Mental Health In-Patients
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Development and evaluation of a de-escalation training intervention in adult acute and forensic units: the EDITION systematic review and feasibility trial.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2024Pooled it
- Ensuring that psychological interventions are delivered as intended on mental health inpatient wards.The British journal of clinical psychology · 2025Trial
- Increasing access to psychological therapy on acute mental health wards: staff and patient experiences of a stepped psychological intervention.BMC psychiatry · 2025Trial
- Inter-rater reliability of the Team Formulation Quality Rating Scale (TFQS) in inpatient mental health teams.The British journal of clinical psychology · 2026Article
- Ward Atmosphere and Its Predictive Factors Among Psychiatric Nurses in Closed Psychiatric Wards: A Latent Profile Analysis.Journal of nursing management · 2026Article
- Umbrella review of psychosocial and ward-based interventions to reduce self-harm and suicide risks in in-patient mental health settings.BJPsych open · 2025Review
- Barriers to the implementation of psychosocial interventions on acute mental health wards: an ethnographic observational study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Conducting qualitative research on acute mental health inpatient wards: Lessons from the field.PloS one · 2025Article
- Reflections on working as and supervising trial therapists on trials of psychosocial interventions.BJPsych open · 2024Article
- Nurses' perceptions of involving family members in the care of mental health care users.Curationis · 2024Article
- Development of an intervention to support parents receiving treatment in psychiatric inpatient hospital using participatory design methods.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Psychologically informed health care.Translational behavioral medicine · 2023Article
- Metacognitive training in the acute psychiatric care setting: feasibility, acceptability, and safety.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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14 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundThere is good evidence that psychological interventions improve patient well-being and independent living, but patients on acute mental health wards often do not have access to evidence-based psychological therapies which are strongly advised by NICE guidance for severe mental health problems. The overall aim of this programme of work is to increase patient access to psychological therapies on acute mental health inpatient wards. Stage one of the programme (which is complete) aimed to identify barriers and facilitators to delivering therapy in these settings through a large qualitative study. The key output of stage one was an intervention protocol that is designed to be delivered on acute wards to increase patient access to psychologically-informed care and therapy. Stage two of the programme aims to test the effects of the intervention on patient wellbeing and serious incidents on the ward (primary outcomes), patient social functioning and symptoms, staff burnout, ward atmosphere from staff and patient perspectives and cost effectiveness of the intervention (secondary outcomes).
methodsThe study is a single blind, pragmatic, cluster randomised controlled trial and will recruit thirty-four wards across England that will be randomised to receive the new intervention plus treatment as usual, or treatment as usual only. Primary and secondary outcomes will be assessed at baseline and 6-month and 9-month follow-ups, with serious incidents on the ward collected at an additional 3-month follow-up. DISCUSSION: The key output will be a potentially effective and cost-effective ward-based psychological intervention that increases patient access to psychological therapy in inpatient settings, is feasible to deliver in inpatient settings and is acceptable to patients. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03950388. Registered 15
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