Expression of Interest Form - Tend VR XR Mindset Study Final Logo

  • Expression of Interest

  • Thank you for your interest in our study exploring mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) delivered via innovative digital methods. We are recruiting adults who have experienced recent anxiety or depressive symptoms to test this innovative approach over an 8-10-week period. You will be able to use all of the necessary equipment at your local Mind premises. 

    The form that follows will give us the details needed for us to decide if this approach is likely to be a suitable approach for you, however before completing the form, please read the information below. 

    Who can participate?

    As a minimum, you need to be:

    • A UK resident aged 18 years or older
    • not currently receiving talking therapies 
    • able to travel to your local Mind premises.

    What is the time commitment?

    The research study requires you to commit to the programme over a period of 8-10 weeks, with weekly 1-hour appointments at your local Mind premises. 

    You will need to be able to commit to completing the eight-week course within ten weeks. 

    You will need to be available to take part in this study from 31st March 2025. 

    Where is the study located?

    The study is being delivered in the following local Mind areas:-

    • Vale of Clwyd
    • Salford
    • Teesside
    • West Essex

    Who is involved in the study team? 

    Our study team are: Tend VR Ltd and associates, University of Manchester staff; staff at the Mind locations above, Health Innovation East.

    How can I find out more?

    • If you need more information or want to ask questions about the research study before completing this form, please contact research@tend-vr.com or call one of the Mind locations identified above.
    • Applicants accepted onto the study will be provided with a Fully Informed Consent Form with further details of the study in order to consider consent once they feel more fully informed.
    • Please be aware that in submitting this form you are accepting the terms of the privacy policy for Tend VR Ltd, which can be found on our website here  https://www.tendmentalhealth.com/privacy

    IMPORTANT:

    If you feel as if you might attempt suicide, or may seriously harm yourself, you need urgent medical help. Please do not complete this form and immediately:

    • Call 999 for an ambulance
    • Go straight to A&E, if you can
    • Call NHS 111
    • If you can't do this by yourself, ask someone to help you.

  • Expression of Interest Form

    A study investigating the feasibility, acceptability, signals of efficacy and value in a real-world setting of Virtual Reality Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for depression and anxiety delivered at a range of Mind locations across the UK
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  • Employment Status

  • Mental Health History

    Please help us to build a picture of your mental health

  • Physical Health

  • Practical details

    A VR headset will be provided at the Mind offices for you to complete the course.

  • Please complete the 2 short questionnaires below as part of your expression of interest. 

    These questionnaires are the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and the 7-item Generalised Anxiety Disorder Assessment (GAD-7). 

    These help us to understand how you are feeling at the moment and help us to understand if this study is potentially suitable for you. 

    We will ask you to complete these again, alongside other outcomes measures, immediately before your participation in the study commences.

  • PHQ-9

    Questionnaire 1

  • Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by any of the following problems?

  • GAD-7

    Questionnaire 2

  • Over the last two weeks, how often have you been bothered by any of the following problems?

  • Short Consent Form

  • In addition, please complete the short consent form below, allowing us to process the information you have provided in this document. There will be a further, more detailed consent form once we have accepted you on to the study and have sent you additional information.

    1. I confirm that I have read all of the information in this expression of interest form. 
    2. I have had the opportunity to consider the information, ask questions and have had these answered satisfactorily.
    3. I understand that my consent is given only for sharing the information I have provided in this form, and only for sharing with the study team that I am free to withdraw at any time.
    4. I consent for the information I have provided in this form to be logged, stored and evaluated by the study team, including analysis of the PHQ-9 and GAD-7 data, for the purposes of agreeing feasibility to participate in the study and that the data will be held for up to 2 years if you are accepted on to the study but it will be deleted immediately if you do not participate in the study. This data will be held electronically on an encrypted server. 
    5. I consent to my name and phone number/email being shared with the study team and my local Mind branch (to set up appointments).
    6. I would like to take part in the study and understand all of the information about the study that I have been given so far.
    7. I understand that further information will be provided, alongside a more detailed consent form, once I have been accepted on to the study and that I will have the opportunity to ask further questions and to withdraw if I wish.
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  • If you have any questions about this research study, please get in touch with us using the following email: research@tend-vr.com

    Thank you for completing this expression of interest form and considering taking part in our study. 

    We will be in touch to let you know whether or not you have been accepted on to the study. If you change your mind, just let us know by email and we can remove your application. 

    Thank you.

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