i-Minds Professional Stakeholders Qualitative Study

A Qualitative Study of Healthcare Professionals' Perceptions About a Digitally Mediated Intervention for Young People Who Have Experienced Online Sexual Abuse and Its Integration Into Existing NHS and E-therapy Infrastructure

The main aim of this study is to understand healthcare professionals' perceptions, as well as the barriers and enablers (and unintended consequences), relevant to the uptake of the digital intervention and its future integration into existing NHS infrastructure. We will use a qualitative study design and utilise semi-structured interviews and focus groups to gather the views and opinions from up to 30 healthcare professionals who work with young people to provide mental health and / or sexual assault care across two sites: Greater Manchester, UK and Edinburgh, Scotland.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Child Sexual Abuse, Confirmed, Sequela
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Interviews/Focus groups

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 26

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United Kingdom
  • Edinburgh, United Kingdom, EH1 3EG
    • NHS Lothian
  • Lancashire
    • Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom, M13 9WL
      • Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
    • Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom, M13 9WL
      • Manchester University Foundation Trust
    • Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom, OL6 7SR
      • Pennine Care Nhs Foundation Trust

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 14 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Healthcare professionals who work within NHS services in Greater Manchester and Edinburgh that provide mental health and / or sexual assault support to young people (for example, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC)) or organisations that provide digital mental health support nationwide to young people (e.g. Kooth)

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants will be up to 30 healthcare professionals who work within NHS services that provide mental health and / or sexual assault support to young people (for example, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC)) or organisations that provide digital mental health support to young people (e.g. Kooth).

Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Other
• Time Perspectives: Cross-Sectional

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Qualitative study with healthcare professionals; Healthcare professionals working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Sexual Assault Referral Centres or with e-therapy providers	Other: Interviews/Focus groups; Qualitative study (no intervention delivered); Other Names: Qualitative Interviews / Focus Groups

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
i-Minds Professional Stakeholders Qualitative Study	We will conduct semi-structured interviews and focus groups either by phone or online with up to 30 healthcare professionals who work within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Sexual Assault Referral Centres or with an e-therapy provider. We will seek healthcare professionals' perspectives on the development of an online intervention designed to support young people who have experienced online sexual abuse (YP-OSA), including its advantages and disadvantages, how it compares with what services currently offer to YP-OSA, who it might benefit, what it should target, what will encourage or discourage YP to engage in the intervention, and how it could be scaled up and integrated sustainably within existing services. Data will be used to support the design of an online intervention for YP-OSA and the development of study information material and standard operating procedures of the subsequent feasibility study aimed at testing the intervention with YP-OSA.	24 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Sandra Bucci
• Collaborators: University of Edinburgh; NHS Lothian; Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 1, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 31, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): January 31, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 29, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 6, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): August 16, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): December 22, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 20, 2022
• Last Verified: December 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: NIHR131848

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No
• IPD Plan Description: Qualitative research data will be shred within the research team but consent is not being sought to share data outside of the immediate research team

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No