A Mental Health Social Prescribing Trial (British Red Cross)

NCT04099095 | Withdrawn

• 1 other identifier: IRAS 261969
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: N/A
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Social prescribing is a way of understanding the things that are important to a person and then using these to find groups and resources in their local community that can help them meet their goals and understand their problems. Social prescribing can be used with people who have physical health problems, mental health problems, social problems such as loneliness or financial/housing problems. The Welsh Government has supported the creation of these social prescribing services across Wales. However, the evidence showing that social prescribing is a good way of improving a person's well-being and quality of life is not very strong. This project is an evaluation of a new social prescribing service delivered by British Red Cross in two areas in Wales. British Red Cross have made a new social prescribing service, where a link worker works with a patient who has mild/moderate mental or emotional health problems, to understand their needs and set them goals for the future over 12 weeks of core support. The link worker will also help them find services in their local community that might help them achieve their goals. The study uses a waitlist trial, thus some participants will get to meet the link worker and have the intervention straight away, while others will have to wait for 20 working days. From this, the researchers can compare the people who had the intervention straight away with the people who had to wait. Scores on well-being and quality of life questionnaires will be used to see the effects of the intervention on participants.

Conditions

Mental Health Wellness 1

Keywords

Wait-list

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Change from base-line. The Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (SWEMWBS) Score

  SWEMWBS is completed by the participants and allows self-reflection on mental well-being before and during involvement in health enhancing activities. Each of the 7 statement can be scored from 1 to 5, from 'none of the time' to 'all of the time'. A total score is calculated by summing the 7 individual statement scores. The minimum score is 7 and the maximum is 35. The higher score signifies better mental well-being.

  At Base-line, 4 weeks and 3 months after randomisation

• Change from base-line. EQ-5D-5L Health Questionnaire

  The EQ-5D-5L Health questionnaire records the self-reported health using five sections: mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression. Each section receives a score ranging from 1 to 5, with a score of 5 providing the most ill-health. The minimum total score is 5 and the maximum 25. The lower the score the better the health of the participant. Part 2 of the questionnaire provides a self-reporting vertical visual analogue scale with the end points labelled, "The best health you can imagine" scoring 100 and "The worst health you can imagine", scoring 0.

  At Base-line, 4 weeks and 3 months after randomisation

Study Arms (2)

Immediate Appointment

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Intervention group who receive the Social Prescription without delay. The effectiveness of the consultation and referral process will be assessed

Behavioral: Immediate Appointment

Delayed Appointment

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Wait-list control group who receive Social Prescribing after a delay of 20 working days. The effectiveness of the consultation and referral process will be assessed

Behavioral: Delayed Appointment

Interventions

Immediate Appointment BEHAVIORAL

The participant will meet the British Red Cross link worker and decide upon a course of action requiring the use of local services appropriate for the participant

Immediate Appointment

Delayed Appointment BEHAVIORAL

After a period of delay (control) the participant will meet the British Red Cross link worker and decide upon a course of action requiring the use of local services appropriate for the participant

Delayed Appointment

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Primary care service users who are at the point of referral
• Experiencing mild/moderate mental health and/or emotional wellbeing disorders( eg anxiety or depression)
• Aged 18+ years
• Registered with a General Practitioner in Wales

You may not qualify if:

• Unable to give written informed consent
• Unable to answer all questions (WEMWBS) at baseline
• Worsening of mental health condition to the point where more intensive support is required

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of South Wales: lead
• British Red Cross: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of South Wales

Pontypridd, cf37 1dl, United Kingdom

Location

Study Officials

• Mark Llewellyn

  University of South Wales

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: The study will employ a randomised wait-list trial design with mixed methods using a co-productive participatory approach.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 18, 2019
• First Posted: September 23, 2019
• Study Start: January 1, 2020
• Primary Completion: October 31, 2020
• Study Completion: December 31, 2020
• Last Updated: March 14, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-02

Locations

GB (1)