Summary
Invite to a January event, a survey and other clinical research opportunities.
An online round table event to explore the needs of South Asian communities and the diagnosis and treatment of depression takes place on Thursday, 30 January.
‘Depression and South Asian Communities: Discussing Needs in UK Primary Care’ aims to help shape the direction of the PAPER Study (Prescribing Antidepressants in Primary care: Ethnic inequalities in tReatment) – an NIHR funded mixed-method study led by Dr Lydia Poole at the University of Surrey.
Join the event for flash talks on up-to-date research, hear stories from South Asian patients and carers about their experiences, and share your thoughts on mental health needs and barriers for South Asian people.
You can sign up for the event with Eventbrite.
Other clinical research opportunities offered by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) North West Region Research Delivery Network (NW RRDN) include:
- Clinician Survey: James Lind Alliance Food Allergy in Children Priority Setting -This study is seeking GPs to participate in a survey, to identify unanswered questions about food allergy research in children. Then prioritise the questions in order of importance, aiming to identity the Top 10 priority questions for researchers to answer. This will ensure that researchers and those who fund research focus on what really matters to both patients and clinicians. Get involved and take part in the survey.
- Skills for Adolescent WELLbeing (SWELL) – The aim of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a preventive psychological intervention involving a weekly online CBT group for adolescents (aged 13-19) at elevated risk of depression. As parental depression may reduce the effectiveness of CBT interventions for depression in young people, this study will also involve the trial team offering treatment optimisation for parents who are depressed at the start of the trial.
- INDIGO Community – The study uses questionnaires to help understand how a patient feels about their quality of life and experiences of care. Using a digital survey tool, the study hopes to run a project that will help understand more about the lives of patients after treatment for cancer. They plan to see which patient-reported outcome measures (PROMS) allow participants to express their quality of life, as rated by the participants. The study will also explore how to keep the amount of time and effort needed to complete the questionnaires as low as possible.
A full list of all available studies in general practice can be found on the NIHR Primary Care Research Hub.
You can also get in touch with the team by emailing: nw.rrdn@nihr.ac.uk
More information about clinical research and the work of NIHR NW RRDN can be found on the PCB website.
