Acceptability of and intention to use the Unified Protocol delivered in group format in the Spanish Public Health System

Peris-Baquero, Ó. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Osma, J. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Gil-LaCruz, M. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Martínez-García, L.

Resumen: Background: The high prevalence of emotional disorders leads to a high demand for mental care which results in high costs and long waiting lists in public mental health settings. The Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders (UP) is a recent emotion-regulation-based intervention that can be a cost-effective solution in public mental health settings due its transdiagnostic approach and the possibility to apply it in group format. However, the acceptability by mental healthcare professionals (MHCPs) delivering the UP in group format has not been explored.
Methods: Thirty-three MHCPs, grouped into MHCPs without previous experience and MHCPs with experience in delivering the UP, were asked about aspects of acceptability and intention to use. Quantitative analysis was carried out to explore MHCPs acceptability. Furthermore, qualitative opinion about UP were collected through a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis to explore MHCPs opinion of delivering the UP intervention in a group format, within the Spanish Public Mental Health System.
Results: The results showed high scores in all acceptability dimensions and intention to use in the future. SWOT analysis showed strengths and opportunities focusing on its transdiagnostic nature and the cost-effective benefits of group treatment, and weaknesses and threats related to the limited material and human resources.
Conclusions: Findings indicate high acceptability of the UP by MHCPs working within the Spanish Public Mental Health System and also identified areas for improvements. In order to enhance the dissemination and implementation of the UP, it is essential to consider MHCPs'' perceptions and to be open to their suggestions.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1111/jep.13546

Año: 2021

Publicado en: JOURNAL OF EVALUATION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE 27, 6 (2021), 1299-1309
ISSN: 1356-1294

Factor impacto JCR: 2.336 (2021)

Categ. JCR: HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES rank: 76 / 110 = 0.691 (2021) - Q3 - T3
Categ. JCR: MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL rank: 105 / 172 = 0.61 (2021) - Q3 - T2
Categ. JCR: MEDICAL INFORMATICS rank: 27 / 31 = 0.871 (2021) - Q4 - T3

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 4.3 - Medicine (Q2)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.66 - Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Q2) - Health Policy (Q2)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S31-20D
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/ISCIII-FIS/PI17-00320

Tipo y forma: Article (PostPrint)

Área (Departamento): Área Psicología Social (Dpto. Psicología y Sociología)
Área (Departamento): Área Person.Eval.Trat.Psicoló. (Dpto. Psicología y Sociología)