Understanding Clinician Attitudes Towards Implementation of Guided Self-help Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Those Who Hear Distressing Voices: Using Factor Analysis to Test Normalisation Process Theory

Overview

Journal BMC Health Serv Res

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialty Health Services

Date 2017 Jul 26

PMID 28738854

Citations 4

Authors

Cassie M Hazell

Clara Strauss

Mark Hayward

Kate Cavanagh

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Abstract

Background: The Normalisation Process Theory (NPT) has been used to understand the implementation of physical health care interventions. The current study aims to apply the NPT model to a secondary mental health context, and test the model using exploratory factor analysis. This study will consider the implementation of a brief cognitive behaviour therapy for psychosis (CBTp) intervention.

Methods: Mental health clinicians were asked to complete a NPT-based questionnaire on the implementation of a brief CBTp intervention. All clinicians had experience of either working with the target client group or were able to deliver psychological therapies. In total, 201 clinicians completed the questionnaire.

Results: The results of the exploratory factor analysis found partial support for the NPT model, as three of the NPT factors were extracted: (1) coherence, (2) cognitive participation, and (3) reflexive monitoring. We did not find support for the fourth NPT factor (collective action). All scales showed strong internal consistency. Secondary analysis of these factors showed clinicians to generally support the implementation of the brief CBTp intervention.

Conclusions: This study provides strong evidence for the validity of the three NPT factors extracted. Further research is needed to determine whether participants' level of seniority moderates factor extraction, whether this factor structure can be generalised to other healthcare settings, and whether pre-implementation attitudes predict actual implementation outcomes.

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