One-to-one volunteer befriending to reduce symptoms of depression in people with intellectual disability: a feasibility RCT

Ali, Afia; Mckenzie, Emma; Rasoul, Zara; Hassiotis, Angela; Priebe, Stefan; Lloyd-Evans, Brynmor; Jones, Rebecca; Panca, Monica; Omar, Rumana; Finning, Sally; Moore, Shirley; Roe, Christine; King, Michael

doi:10.3310/phr09100

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This trial showed that the intervention may be acceptable with modifications, but a full trial is unlikely to be feasible due to low recruitment, although other feasibility outcomes were met.

Afia Ali , Emma Mckenzie , Zara Rasoul , Angela Hassiotis , Stefan Priebe , Brynmor Lloyd-Evans , Rebecca Jones , Monica Panca , Rumana Omar , Sally Finning , Shirley Moore , Christine Roe & Michael King .

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Afia Ali ^1,^*, Emma Mckenzie ², Zara Rasoul ¹, Angela Hassiotis ¹, Stefan Priebe ³, Brynmor Lloyd-Evans ¹, Rebecca Jones ^1,⁴, Monica Panca ⁴, Rumana Omar ⁵, Sally Finning ⁶, Shirley Moore ⁷, Christine Roe ⁷, Michael King ^1,⁴

¹ Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK
² Research and Development Office, Goodmayes Hospital, North East London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
³ Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry (World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Mental Health Services Development), Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
⁴ Priment Clinical Trials Unit, University College London, London, UK
⁵ UK Department of Statistical Science, University College London, London, UK
⁶ Outward, London, UK
⁷ The Befriending Scheme, Sudbury, UK
^* Corresponding author Email: afia.ali@ucl.ac.uk

Declared competing interests of authors: Several of the authors have held membership positions on National Institute for Health Research funding committee groups: Michael King was a member of the Rapid Trials and Add-on Studies Board (2012–12); Stefan Priebe was a member of the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Mental, Psychological and Occupational Health (MPOH) Panel (2014–18); Rumana Omar was a member of the HTA General Committee (2016–20); and Angela Hassiotis is currently a member of the HTA Commissioning Committee (2018–present).

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