Comparing service user perspectives of an early intervention in psychosis service before and during COVID-19 lockdowns: a service evaluation

Comparing service user perspectives of an early intervention in psychosis service before and during COVID-19 lockdowns: a service evaluation Nikita Sakaria, Christopher Sanderson, Simon Watkins, Victoria Boynton Mental Health Review Journal, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- This service evaluation aims to understand the experiences of service users (SUs) who accessed an early intervention in psychosis (EIP) service during the Coronavirus pandemic using qualitative and quantitative methodologies and compare these to a previous pre-pandemic study conducted within the same service (Watkins et al., 2018).This paper collated experiences of individuals accessing an EIP service to inform service development. Questionnaires and individual interviews were conducted to provide quantitative and qualitative data. Descriptive statistics and T-test confidence intervals were created from the results and compared to findings of Watkins et al. (2018). Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analysed using Braun and Clarke’s (2006) thematic analysis.Data showed participants were largely satisfied with all areas of the service with “work or education”, “living skills”, and “addictions” scoring highest. Though participants reported no overall dissatisfaction, satisfaction levels dropped in “social activities” compared to the findings of Watkins et al. (2018), perhaps due to the national restrictions put in place to manage the spread of Coronavirus during this t...
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