Outcomes from a pilot psychological therapies service for UK military veterans

Clarkson, Paul; Giebel, Clarissa M.; Challis, David; Duthie, Paul; Barrett, Alan; Lambert, Helen

Abstract

© 2016 The Authors. Nursing Open published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Aim: To evaluate the outcomes of participants attending a psychological therapies service for military veterans. Background: The UK Military Veterans’ Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Service (North West) (MV IAPT) provided a clinical psychological therapies service for military veterans. Outcomes of depression, anxiety and social adjustment were assessed after treatment in the service's pilot phase. Design: An observational, prospective cohort study examined changes in depression, anxiety and social adjustment during receipt of the service. Methods: Changes in depression (PHQ-9), anxiety (GAD-7) and social adjustment (WSAS) were examined in 952 veterans referred over 20 months from September 2011. Data were collected using the IAPT clinical information system plus additional fields. Changes for patients who completed treatment, remained in treatment and dropped out were compared. Results: Seven hundred and seven veterans received an initial assessment, from which 505 received two or more appointments. Of these, 156 completed treatments, 179 remained in treatment and 170 dropped out. The majority of veterans had been operationally deployed and were similar in risk characteristics to those in other military cohort studies. There were highly significant improvements on all measures (p

Citation

Clarkson, P., Giebel, C. M., Challis, D., Duthie, P., Barrett, A., & Lambert, H. (2016). Outcomes from a pilot psychological therapies service for UK military veterans. Nursing Open, 3(4), 227-235. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.57

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 23, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Jun 28, 2016
• Publication Date: Oct 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: Jul 13, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 14, 2020
• Journal: Nursing Open
• Electronic ISSN: 2054-1058
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 227-235
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.57
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/3751158
• Publisher URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/nop2.57