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NCT Number: NCT04926675

Development of a Money Advice Intervention Within IAPT

This study is the second study of a larger project and will begin the process of testing and the development of an integrated intervention on a series of case studies. The combined intervention provides psychological therapy and debt advice in tandem. The treatment pathway is based on interviews and focus groups with service users and staff and the themes that emerged. It will be trialled in the NHS' Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) service. Participants routinely accessing this service who have debt issues affecting their mental health will be asked if they'd like to also take up support for their money worries, which will be provided by Citizen's Advice (CA). Researchers will take exit interviews with both service users and staff at the end of the treatment to develop the protocol further. Researchers will also assess measures of mental health and wellbeing that are routinely taken by IAPT to review the intervention.

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Key information

Conditions

Mental Health Issue Anxiety Anxiety Disorders Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Depression Mental Disorders

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

King's College London

London, SE5 8AF, United Kingdom

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • IAPT clients referred for 'high-intensity' one-to-one treatment in the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust (SLaM)
  • Have mental health problems and experience of money problems that are effecting these
  • Can access technology

Exclusion criteria

  • Inability to give informed consent due to mental incapacity (as assessed by IAPT therapists)
  • Participants whose care team specify concerns regarding taking part in the study.

Treatment and study plan

Psychological Therapy

Behavioral

Participants will be receiving their one-to-one psychological therapy from IAPT as usual. They typically receive between 6 and 12 sessions with a psychological practitioner.

Debt Advice

Behavioral

Participants will receive one-to-one support from a Citizen's Advice (CA) money advisor for as long as needed to resolve any money worries currently affecting their mental health.

Primary outcomes

  1. Reliable recovery - anxiety

    Time frame: 6-12 weeks

    Changes on the Generalized Anxiety Disorder - 7 (GAD-7), from above clinical cut off pre intervention (> 5) to below cut off post intervention (<5). The seven items on the scale ask participants to rate on a scale of 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly everyday) how often they were bothered by each symptom. Total scores can range from 0 - 21, with higher scores indicating more anxiety.

  2. Reliable recovery - depression

    Time frame: 6-12 weeks

    Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 (PHQ-9), from above clinical cut off pre intervention (> 5) to below cut off post intervention (<5). The nine items on the scale ask participants to rate on a scale of 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly everyday) how often they were bothered by each symptom. Total scores can range from 0 - 27, with higher scores indicating more depressive symptoms.

  3. Reliable recovery - adjustment

    Time frame: 6 - 12 weeks

    Work and Social Adjustment Scale - 5 (WSAS-5), from above clinical cut off pre intervention (> 10) to below cut off post intervention (<10). The five items on the scale ask participants to rate on a scale of 0 (not at all) to 8 (very severely) how much they feel they are impaired for each task. Total scores can range from 0 - 40, with higher scores indicating more impairment across work and social tasks.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Financial Outcomes and service satisfaction

    Time frame: 6-12 weeks

    This survey has been adapted for the purposes of this study. It uses questions taken from the audit measure of service satisfaction used by Citizen's Advice. Participants are asked to rate on a scale of 1 (not at all) to 5 (a great deal) how much they experienced six possible effects from the combined intervention. Scores range from 6 to 30, with higher scores indicating more positive outcomes in relation to personal finances from the intervention.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

King's College London

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Development of a Money Advice Intervention Within IAPT: Service User Case-studies

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Jun 15, 2021
Registry last updated
Oct 29, 2024

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