{"id":192,"date":"2023-03-10T10:40:45","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T10:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/talking-therapies-bucks\/?page_id=192"},"modified":"2023-11-07T17:57:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T17:57:08","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/bucks-talking-therapies\/professionals\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research and publications"},"content":{"rendered":"

At NHS Buckinghamshire Talking Therapies, we are actively engaged in a range of local and national research programmes.<\/p>\n

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The addition of employment support alongside
\npsychological therapy enhances the chance of recovery
\nfor clients most at risk of poor clinical outcomes<\/h2>\n

The addition of employment support alongside psychological therapy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Coping with Dwelling Study – Summary of Findings<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Coping with Dwelling Summary of Findings<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Model Staff Wellbeing Strategy<\/h2>\n

In November 2022, the Oxford AHSN in collaboration with the Thames Valley\u2019s four Talking Therapies services\u00a0 launched a new Model Staff Wellbeing Strategy to help NHS staff avoid detrimental stress and burnout.<\/p>\n

The strategy also aims to help services address ongoing staff recruitment and retention challenges.<\/p>\n

Learn more about the strategy<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Study: The role of self-compassion in readiness to engage in treatment and treatment outcomes for OCD<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

We have recently been involved in a study jointly run with Healthy Minds and University of Oxford. We thank all the service users and staff who have kindly been involved in this project. Please see below a brief summary of the study and its findings.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why was the study conducted?\u00a0<\/strong>It is important people experiencing OCD access suitable treatment promptly.\u00a0 This study looked to see whether self-compassion (i.e:, the ability to be kind to oneself, to understand that distress is a common human experience and to tolerate difficult experiences) plays a role in how ready people feel to engage in treatment and how well treatment works to inform effective treatments.<\/p>\n

What was done<\/strong>: Adults awaiting treatment for OCD through local IAPT services were asked whether they were willing to be contacted about the study. In total 80 people completed questionnaires on their obsessive beliefs, how ready they felt to start treatment and their self-compassion level. They also completed some mood questionnaires routinely completed in IAPT. These measures were completed\u00a0before<\/u>\u00a0and\u00a0after<\/u>\u00a0treatment and data on demographics (e.g. age\/gender) and clinical characteristics (e.g. duration of OCD, treatment type) were pulled from the record with consent.<\/p>\n

What was found<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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  • People low in self-compassion felt significantly\u00a0less\u00a0<\/u>ready to engage in treatment (i.e.. had more concerns about starting treatment). They also experienced more severe symptoms of low mood, anxiety and OCD and had more obsessive beliefs.<\/li>\n
  • People\u2019s self-compassion level marginally predicted how ready they felt to start treatment\u00a0above<\/u>\u00a0how severe their symptoms of low mood, anxiety and OCD were.<\/li>\n
  • We are continuing to collect data on the post-treatment questionnaires to see whether self-compassion predicts how well treatment works.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Implications:\u00a0<\/strong>Low\u00a0s<\/strong>elf-compassion appears to marginally affect how ready people feel to engage in treatment. Research is ongoing to see whether this impacts how well people later engage with treatment and how well treatment works. If so, it may be that using a questionnaire to assess people\u2019s self-compassion level before treatment and\/or considering treatment focused on improving their readiness for treatment or self-compassion level first may be helpful.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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