eprintid: 1482636 rev_number: 27 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/48/26/36 datestamp: 2016-04-23 21:48:20 lastmod: 2021-09-20 00:17:10 status_changed: 2016-07-20 16:48:13 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Reeder, C creators_name: Pile, V creators_name: Crawford, P creators_name: Cella, M creators_name: Rose, D creators_name: Wykes, T creators_name: Watson, A creators_name: Huddy, V creators_name: Callard, F title: The Feasibility and Acceptability to Service Users of CIRCuiTS, a Computerized Cognitive Remediation Therapy Programme for Schizophrenia ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C07 divisions: D05 divisions: F66 divisions: D07 keywords: Schizophrenia, acceptability, cognition, cognitive remediation, feasibility, service user note: Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 2015. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. abstract: BACKGROUND: Cognitive remediation (CR) is a psychological therapy, effective in improving cognitive performance and functioning in people with schizophrenia. As the therapy becomes more widely implemented within mental health services its longevity and uptake is likely to depend on its feasibility and acceptability to service users and clinicians. AIMS: To assess the feasibility and acceptability of a new strategy-based computerized CR programme (CIRCuiTS) for people with psychosis. METHOD: Four studies were conducted using mixed methods. Perceptions of attractiveness, comprehensibility, acceptability and usability were assessed using self-report questionnaires in 34 non-clinical participants (study 1), and five people with a schizophrenia diagnosis and three experienced CR therapists (studies 2 and 3). The ease with which pre-specified therapy programmes could be assembled was also assessed by three therapists (Study 2). Finally, the satisfaction of 20 service users with a diagnosis of schizophrenia regarding their experience of using CIRCuiTS in the context of a course of the CR therapy was assessed in a qualitative interview study (study 4). RESULTS: Ratings of perceived attractiveness, comprehensibility, acceptability and usability consistently exceeded pre-set high targets by non-clinical, clinical and therapist participants. Qualitative analysis of satisfaction with CIRCuiTS showed that receiving the therapy was generally seen to be a positive experience, leading to perceptions that cognitive functioning had improved and attempts to incorporate new strategy use into daily activities. CONCLUSIONS: CIRCuiTS demonstrates high acceptability and ease of use for both service users with a schizophrenia diagnosis and clinicians. date: 2016-05 date_type: published official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1352465815000168 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Journal Article verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1036469 doi: 10.1017/S1352465815000168 pii: S1352465815000168 lyricists_name: Huddy, Vyv lyricists_name: Watson, Andrew lyricists_id: VHUDD14 lyricists_id: AJWAT25 full_text_status: public publication: Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy volume: 44 number: 3 pagerange: 288-305 event_location: United States issn: 1469-1833 citation: Reeder, C; Pile, V; Crawford, P; Cella, M; Rose, D; Wykes, T; Watson, A; ... Callard, F; + view all <#> Reeder, C; Pile, V; Crawford, P; Cella, M; Rose, D; Wykes, T; Watson, A; Huddy, V; Callard, F; - view fewer <#> (2016) The Feasibility and Acceptability to Service Users of CIRCuiTS, a Computerized Cognitive Remediation Therapy Programme for Schizophrenia. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , 44 (3) pp. 288-305. 10.1017/S1352465815000168 <https://doi.org/10.1017/S1352465815000168>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1482636/1/Huddy_Feasibility%20and%20Acceptabity%20of%20Circuits%20BACP.pdf