The Impact of Environmental Controls on Mental Health

NCT ID: NCT07049419

Last Updated: 2025-07-03

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

5 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-01-29

Study Completion Date

2025-05-27

Brief Summary

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Within the UK there are over 15 million people who live with at least one long term condition. Of these people, over 4 million suffer from mental health problems.

Environmental control systems are a type of assistive technology that can be controlled by a wide variety of different access methods (e.g. switches) and can assist people with physical disabilities usually with a neurological condition to control various electronic devices in the home environment. The systems are designed to provide independence, removing the requirement to be reliant on other people (for the operation of the controlled devices) and potentially could have a positive effect on mental health and quality of life.

The research question for this study is to determine impact of environmental controls on mental health. It is hypothesised that there will be a positive impact on mental health of the participants. The question above will be answered by collecting questionnaire data pre and post intervention. Participants will be identified by Clinical Scientists working in NHS Lothian's Environmental Control Service (ECS). Participants will be recruited from NHS Lothian and so will be living in the Lothian area. The patient will be contacted following the normal protocol for arranging an environmental control assessment, at which point they will be approached to join the study. Participants will answer questions in their home environment both in person and over the phone.

The end point of the study will be 14 months from the start date (allowing for follow up data to be collected for anyone recruited towards the end of the 12-month recruitment period.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Neurologic Disorders

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Environmental control system users

Patients who are eligible for environmental control system users as part of standard clinical care.

Provision of an environmental control system

Intervention Type DEVICE

Part of standard clinical care for patients referred to the NHS Lothian environmental control service.

Interventions

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Provision of an environmental control system

Part of standard clinical care for patients referred to the NHS Lothian environmental control service.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Eligible for environmental control system (as per NHS Scotland criteria).
* New user (no previous intervention).
* Neurological condition.
* Cognitive ability to answer the questions and to give consent.

Exclusion Criteria

* Previous environmental control intervention.
* Patients requiring equipment not supplied by NHS Lothian's ECS (e.g. door interface).
* Patient recently diagnosed (within 6 months).
* Rapidly deteriorating condition.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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NHS Lothian

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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SMART Centre

Edinburgh, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol

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Other Identifiers

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23/PR/0917

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

AC23092

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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