Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Peter Todd
ORCID ID
Contact details
Wirral Hospital Trust
Arrowe Park Hospital
Upton
Wirral
L49 5PE
United Kingdom
+44 (0)151 604 7343
Peter.todd@whnt.nhs.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
RHC18094
Study information
Scientific title
Randomised controlled trial (RCT) of a children's hospital at home service
Acronym
Study hypothesis
To determine the proportion of emergency admissions that can benefit from hospital at home care.
To determine effects on: length of stay, readmissions/attendance at Accident and Emergency (A&E) and the primary care team within 90 days of discharge, and quality of life and experience of the service for children and their carers.
To determine the cost of providing a hospital at home service.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Other
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Pyrexia, diarrhoea, vomiting, respiratory difficulties
Intervention
Hospital at home nursing care versus conventional hospital care.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Comparative clinical effectiveness as measured by readmission rate within three months was used as a proxy for parental coping with illness.
Length of stay/care and comparative satisfaction of both patients and carers.
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/11/1998
Overall trial end date
01/10/2000
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Patients of Wirral Hospital Trust aged 0-15 years, requiring: an emergency admission for pyrexia, diarrhoea and vomiting and respiratory difficulties, or considered suitable for early discharge by a Consultant.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Child
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
400
Total final enrolment
399
Participant exclusion criteria
Children considered unsuitable by the GP, assessing doctor or nurse. Patients unwilling or unable to participate. Patients who do not have telephone access (unless the scheme mobile phone is available). Children registered with a GP outside the Health Authority.
Recruitment start date
01/11/1998
Recruitment end date
01/10/2000
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Wirral Hospital Trust
Wirral
L49 5PE
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Executive North West
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
1. 2002 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12390903 (added 23/05/2019)
2. 2002 economic evaluation in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12456545 (added 23/05/2019)