Social Worker Focused Psychological Strategies
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN64702482 |
|---|---|
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN64702482 |
| Secondary identifying numbers | N/A |
- Submission date
- 30/03/2009
- Registration date
- 29/05/2009
- Last edited
- 10/07/2019
- Recruitment status
- No longer recruiting
- Overall study status
- Completed
- Condition category
- Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data
Plain English summary of protocol
Not provided at time of registration
Contact information
Dr Grant Blashki MD MBBS FRACGP
Scientific
Scientific
Senior Research Fellow in Global Health
Nossal Institute for Global Health
The University of Melbourne
Level 5 Alan Gilbert Building
Victoria, Melbourne
3010
Australia
Study information
| Study design | Randomised controlled trial |
|---|---|
| Primary study design | Interventional |
| Secondary study design | Randomised controlled trial |
| Study setting(s) | Other |
| Study type | Treatment |
| Participant information sheet | Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet |
| Scientific title | Optimising allied health psychological treatments in primary health care: piloting a randomised controlled trial of social worker training in focused psychological strategies |
| Study acronym | SWFPS |
| Study objectives | Social workers (SW) trained for skills in focused psychological treatments will show greater improvements in psychological skills than untrained SW, as rated on the Cognitive Therapy Rating Scale (CTS). |
| Ethics approval(s) | Behavioural and Social Sciences Human Ethics Sub-Committee approved on the 8th May 2009 (ref: 0830922) |
| Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied | Mental health skills |
| Intervention | Social worker's names will be placed in an envelope and selected at random by the research co-ordinator, allocating them alternately to intervention (training group) or control group: Intervention: Face to face teaching sessions. Three 5-hour sessions involving role plays, and video examples facilitated by a mental health expert. Control: Training as usual. The control group are also offered the training (delivered in separate sessions to the intervention group) as incentive for participation. Total duration of treatment (intervention group): three sessions of training held on consecutive Wednesdays 22/07/2009, 29/07/2009 and 05/08/2009 Total duration of follow-up: conducted on 12/08/2009, one week after the final training session |
| Intervention type | Other |
| Primary outcome measure | Competence on standardised consultations video-taped and rated by two blind reviewers using the Cognitive Therapy Scale, measured on 22/07/2009 and 05/08/2009. |
| Secondary outcome measures | Confidence in FPS on pre- and post-surveys, measured 09/07/2009 and 16/07/2009 for the control group, and 17/07/2009 and 07/08/2009 for the intervention group. |
| Overall study start date | 01/01/2009 |
| Completion date | 01/12/2009 |
Eligibility
| Participant type(s) | Patient |
|---|---|
| Age group | Adult |
| Lower age limit | 18 Years |
| Sex | Both |
| Target number of participants | 28 |
| Total final enrolment | 40 |
| Key inclusion criteria | Registered Social Workers (adults over 18 years of age, either sex) in Victoria |
| Key exclusion criteria | Non-Victorian Social Workers |
| Date of first enrolment | 01/01/2009 |
| Date of final enrolment | 01/12/2009 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- Australia
Study participating centre
Senior Research Fellow in Global Health
Victoria, Melbourne
3010
Australia
3010
Australia
Sponsor information
The Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute (APHCRI) (Australia)
Government
Government
Building 62
The Australian National University
Canberra
0200
Australia
| Website | http://www.anu.edu.au/aphcri/ |
|---|---|
"ROR" |
https://ror.org/019wvm592 |
Funders
Funder type
Government
The Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute (APHCRI) (Australia)
No information available
Results and Publications
| Intention to publish date | |
|---|---|
| Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share | No |
| IPD sharing plan summary | Not provided at time of registration |
| Publication and dissemination plan | Not provided at time of registration |
| IPD sharing plan |
Study outputs
| Output type | Details | Date created | Date added | Peer reviewed? | Patient-facing? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results article | results | 05/11/2010 | 10/07/2019 | Yes | No |
Editorial Notes
10/07/2019: Publication reference and total final enrolment added.
