Compassionate Imagery for People With An Intellectual Disability

Sponsor

NHS Lanarkshire (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT05339191

Collaborator

University of Glasgow (Other)

Enrollment

Location

Arm

Actual Duration (Months)

0.4

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The current study aims to explore the adaptation of compassionate imagery for people with an intellectual disability who are experiencing mental health difficulties. It will explore whether participants are able to generate and use their own compassionate image, as well as exploring the participants' views of engaging in the workshop. It is an early exploratory study in what is hoped will be a longer process consisting of future feasibility and piloting work.

Between 6-10 participants who are attending the National Health Service (NHS) NHS Lanarkshire Community Learning Disability Team and are experiencing mental health difficulties will be recruited. Participants will be asked to attend a two-session workshop through which they will be supported to develop and use their own compassionate image. The research questions will be answered by obtaining descriptive data from data recording sheets completed during the sessions and by interviewing participants about their experiences of the workshop.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Intellectual Disability	Behavioral: Compassionate image workshop	N/A

Detailed Description

People with an intellectual disability experience widespread stigma, mistreatment and abuse (Scior and Werner, 2016, Gravell, 2012, Hughes et al., 2012, Jones et al., 2012). These are likely to lead individuals to experience shame and self-criticism, which can contribute to the development of mental health difficulties. Indeed, many people with an intellectual disability do experience mental health difficulties (Buckles et al., 2013).

Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) is a psychological therapy which aims to reduce shame and self-criticism by developing a person's ability to feel compassion. It involves enabling individuals to learn to soothe themselves when they feel distressed. Compassionate imagery is one CFT technique used to do this (Gilbert, 2009). This can involve developing a mental image of a compassionate person or animal who is wise, strong, warm and non-judgemental.

The individual is encouraged to explore their experience of imagining this, which may include feeling a sense of safety, warmth and connectedness (Gilbert, 2015).

Between 6-10 participants who are attending the NHS Lanarkshire Community Learning Disability Team and are experiencing mental health difficulties will be recruited. Participants will be asked to attend a two-session workshop through which they will be supported to develop and use their own compassionate image. The research questions will be answered by obtaining descriptive data from data recording sheets completed during the sessions and by interviewing participants about their experiences of the workshop.

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

4 participants

Allocation:

N/A

Intervention Model:

Single Group Assignment

Intervention Model Description:

Participants who are attending the NHS Lanarkshire Community Learning Disability Team and are experiencing mental health difficulties will be recruited. Participants will be asked to attend a two-session workshop through which they will be supported to develop and use their own compassionate image. The research questions will be answered by obtaining descriptive data from data recording sheets completed during the sessions and by interviewing participants about their experiences of the workshop.Participants who are attending the NHS Lanarkshire Community Learning Disability Team and are experiencing mental health difficulties will be recruited. Participants will be asked to attend a two-session workshop through which they will be supported to develop and use their own compassionate image. The research questions will be answered by obtaining descriptive data from data recording sheets completed during the sessions and by interviewing participants about their experiences of the workshop.

Masking:

None (Open Label)

Primary Purpose:

Supportive Care

Official Title:

A Brief Compassionate Imagery Intervention for People With an Intellectual Disability: A Case Series in a Clinical Setting

Actual Study Start Date :

Jul 1, 2020

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Apr 30, 2021

Actual Study Completion Date :

Apr 30, 2021

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Compassionate image workshop Participants attend a workshop through which they will be supported to develop and use their own compassionate image.	Behavioral: Compassionate image workshop Participants attend a workshop through which they will be supported to develop and use their own compassionate image.

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: Compassionate image workshop

Participants attend a workshop through which they will be supported to develop and use their own compassionate image.

Behavioral: Compassionate image workshop

Participants attend a workshop through which they will be supported to develop and use their own compassionate image.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Compassionate image [6 months]
Number of participants that are able to generate their own compassionate image

Secondary Outcome Measures

Self-soothing [6 months]
Number of participants that report using their compassionate image to self-soothe outside of sessions and the number that find this to be helpful.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

16 Years to 100 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Inclusion Criteria:

Open to NHS Lanarkshire's Community Learning Disability Team (CLDT) and will therefore be aged 16 or above
Experiencing mental health difficulties

Exclusion Criteria:

Do not have capacity to provide informed consent
Have insufficient communication skills to engage with the tasks
Have sensory impairments which are likely to inhibit their ability to engage with the study materials
Actively suicidal
Likely to be disruptive or distressed in a group setting
Known to have previously engaged in a piece of therapeutic work involving the development of a compassionate image

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Kilsyth Community Centre	Kilsyth	Lanarkshire	United Kingdom	G65 4JE

Sponsors and Collaborators

NHS Lanarkshire
University of Glasgow

Investigators

Principal Investigator: Miriam Holm, NHS Lanarkshire

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

NHS Lanarkshire

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT05339191

Other Study ID Numbers:

L19092

First Posted:

Apr 21, 2022

Last Update Posted:

Apr 21, 2022

Last Verified:

Apr 1, 2022

Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:

Plan to Share IPD:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Intellectual Disability

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Apr 21, 2022