N/A
Completed N=10
DISCOVER Workshop Programme for Care Experienced Young People
Mental Health Issue · Emotional Stress · Emotional Regulation
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05220436 ↗
Enrolled (actual)
10
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Sep 2024
Primary outcomePrimary: Participant Uptake (Feasibility & Acceptability) — 10 Participants
Summary
The NHS DISCOVER team has secured 2-year funding from the Maudsley Charity to tailor the workshop programme the investigators deliver in school Sixth Forms to meet the specific needs of Care Experienced young people. The investigators are planning to complete a pilot of this adapted workshop programme within Medway Children's Social Services to explore its feasibility, accessibility, acceptability and early-stage efficacy within this population of adolescents.
Investigators from the DISCOVER team will recruit young people aged 16-19yrs who are currently known to the Medway Care Leavers 16+ teams. The study will be conducted at Medway Local Authority sites, with the option of some stages being completed remotely via Microsoft Teams if needed in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Participant Uptake (Feasibility & Acceptability) |
10 | — |
| PRIMARY Participant Retention (Feasibility & Acceptability) |
7 | — |
| PRIMARY Participant Feedback About Experience of the Programme (Acceptability) |
7; 7; 7; 7; 7 | — |
| SECONDARY Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (Angold et al., 1995) |
25.57; 18.43 | — |
| SECONDARY The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders (Birmaher et al, 1999) |
47.71; 30.86 | — |
| SECONDARY Child & Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (Greco et al., 2011) |
15.43; 23.57 | — |
| SECONDARY Warwick & Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (Tennant et al., 2007) |
41.86; 42.56 | — |
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
Participants who are eligible to take part in this DISCOVER research project will be:
- Young people aged 16-19 years who have experience of being in Care and are currently under one of the Medway Children's Social Care, Care Leavers 16+ teams. This means that they are either currently a Looked After young person or a Care Leaver (i.e. they are no longer Looked After but they remain under the care of a Medway Care Leavers team).
- Able to work within a group setting over the course of a day workshop.
- Able to communicate and read in English.
Exclusion Criteria
The investigators will not be able to recruit young people to the project if they are:
- Acutely psychotic or actively suicidal.
- Currently taking part in other research project(s).
- Under the influence of alcohol or any other substances during DISCOVER programme meetings - this is essential as a safety consideration for all participants and staff. Struggles with alcohol/substance use in themselves are not necessarily grounds for exclusion; the investigators will discuss with the allocated member of the young person's Care Leavers 16+ team on a case-by-case basis where relevant.
- Unable to communicate and read in English - as the investigators are at an early stage in developing this DISCOVER workshop programme for Care Experienced young people, these young people must be excluded at this time. However, the investigators are eager to review this criterion in future to enhance the accessibility of the intervention, once the initial feasibility and acceptability of the workshop programme has been established.
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05220436). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication. Informational only — not medical advice.