This study evaluates the use of group Compassion Focussed Therapy in a population with various and/or multiple long term health conditions. A multiple baseline, single case experimental design will be used with a view to evaluate changes in psychological adjustment and compassion. Daily data and weekly questionnaire batteries will be collected across a baseline period and ten weeks of group intervention. Participants will be those already referred to the group by a clinician as part of their routine care.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
6
Group compassion focussed therapy. One session every week for 10 weeks. Each session lasts 2.5 hours with two breaks during this time.
NHS Lothian Clinical Health Psychology Service
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
The compassionate engagement and action scales (assessing change over time)
Measure of compassion compromising three subscales. Each scale contains two sub-sections. All answers on scale of 1 (Never) to 10 (Always).
Time frame: Recorded weekly throughout baseline period and ten week intervention. Also collected once at 3 month follow up.
Work and social adjustment scale (assessing change over time)
A 5-item measure of functional impairment due to a specified stressor. Each question is scored 1 (Not at all) to 8 (very severely)
Time frame: Recorded weekly throughout baseline period and ten week intervention. Also collected once at 3 month follow up
Self-efficacy for managing chronic disease scale (assessing change over time)
A 6-item measure of perceived self-efficacy to adherence to recommended self-management programs. Each item scored 1 (not at all confident) to 10 (totally confident).
Time frame: Recorded weekly throughout baseline period and ten week intervention. Also collected once at 3 month follow up
Illness Cognition Questionnaire (assessing change over time)
18 items each rated on a four-point scale with high internal validity (all above 0.81. Assessing three domains of perceiving illness (helplessness, acceptance and perceived benefits) this tool identifies maladaptive cognitive styles surrounding illness which are linked to poorer psychological outcomes. Scored 1 (not at all) to 4 (completely)
Time frame: Recorded weekly throughout baseline period and ten week intervention. Also collected once at 3 month follow up
The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being scale (assessing change over time)
A 14 item measure of psychological wellbeing scored 1 (none of the time) to 5 (all of the time).
Time frame: Recorded weekly throughout baseline period and ten week intervention. Also collected once at 3 month follow up
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Daily diary questions (assessing change over time)
3 questions relating to the participants sense of adjustment and self-compassion on that day. Each question uses a five-point likert scale from 1 (very poorly) to 5 (very well)
Time frame: Daily throughout baseline (14-5 days) and intervention (10 weeks). May also be collected for 7 days at time of three month follow up.