d240 ema
Louise Donovan
D240 EMA
02OCTOBER 2013
PI-Y8323838
PART ONE
The aim of this quantitative study on “Computerised cognitive behaviour therapy, CCBT and older people”, is too firstly measure if the group of older people are interested in using computerised therapy, and are they willing to learn computer skills needed for computerised therapy. Other factors were also taken into the results, such as if the group being studied had previous experience of self-help and therapy, and if they had any experience on computers. A small scale study took place with a short questionnaire, of nine questions, and given to 60 people using a mental health service. Participants were aged 65 plus, some who regularly attended day hospital, fewer who were inpatients, however the majority of users were outpatients. Out of the 60 questionnaires given out, 38 were completed. This study was mainly of a quantitative approach, as this enables a larger group of people to be studied, and better generalisations can be applied to more people, however there was a section on the questionnaires for the participants to write further comments. This part of the questionnaire would use the qualitative method and were analysed using thematic analysis, to detect common themes among the comments given, which provided good insight to the reasons for and against using ccbt. Not much research has been taken into older people and computer use, as most studies do not use older participants. As the Department of Health (DOH) quote “older adults have not benefited from the same development as young people” DOH (2005). So it seems that this area has not been researched extensively. An assumption from Kaltenthaler et al (2004) ‘that older people may find computers unacceptable’, proving that more research is to be considered in this age group. As there is evidence base and practice base, that traditional CBT can help older people. The aims of this study us to gather evidence from this group termed ‘older
D240 EMA
02OCTOBER 2013
PI-Y8323838
PART ONE
The aim of this quantitative study on “Computerised cognitive behaviour therapy, CCBT and older people”, is too firstly measure if the group of older people are interested in using computerised therapy, and are they willing to learn computer skills needed for computerised therapy. Other factors were also taken into the results, such as if the group being studied had previous experience of self-help and therapy, and if they had any experience on computers. A small scale study took place with a short questionnaire, of nine questions, and given to 60 people using a mental health service. Participants were aged 65 plus, some who regularly attended day hospital, fewer who were inpatients, however the majority of users were outpatients. Out of the 60 questionnaires given out, 38 were completed. This study was mainly of a quantitative approach, as this enables a larger group of people to be studied, and better generalisations can be applied to more people, however there was a section on the questionnaires for the participants to write further comments. This part of the questionnaire would use the qualitative method and were analysed using thematic analysis, to detect common themes among the comments given, which provided good insight to the reasons for and against using ccbt. Not much research has been taken into older people and computer use, as most studies do not use older participants. As the Department of Health (DOH) quote “older adults have not benefited from the same development as young people” DOH (2005). So it seems that this area has not been researched extensively. An assumption from Kaltenthaler et al (2004) ‘that older people may find computers unacceptable’, proving that more research is to be considered in this age group. As there is evidence base and practice base, that traditional CBT can help older people. The aims of this study us to gather evidence from this group termed ‘older
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