Clinician perspectives of the implementation of an early intervention service for eating disorders in England: a mixed method study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The First Episode Rapid Early Intervention for Eating Disorders (FREED) service has been shown to reduce the wait for care and improve clinical outcomes in initial evaluations. These findings led to the national scaling of FREED in England. To support this scaling, we conducted a mixed method evaluation of the perceptions and experiences of clinicians in the early phases of scaling. The Normalisation Process Theory (NPT) was used as a conceptual lens to understand if and how FREED becomes embedded in routine practice.

Methods

The convergent mixed method evaluation included 21 semi-structured interviews with clinicians from early adopter sites and 211 surveys administered to clinicians before, immediately after and 3 months after the FREED training. The interview g

SUBMITTER: Richards KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10996085 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature