Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Prof Alistair Burns
ORCID ID
Contact details
School of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences
University of Manchester
Withington Hospital
Manchester
M20 8LR
United Kingdom
+44 (0)161 291 3310
A_Burns@fs1.with.man.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
PSI11-14
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
To evaluate the impact of a psychogeriatric hospital outreach team on the quality of care in nursing and residential homes.
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
Not specified
Trial type
Quality of life
Patient information sheet
Condition
Mental and behavioural disorders: Depression, anxiety, neuroses
Intervention
The key care staff to the participating residents in the intervention homes received a series of seminars from the hospital outreach team and weekly visits from a psychiatric nurse to assist in developing care planning skills.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
The main outcome measures for residents were cognitive impairment and depression, behaviour disturbance, and active daily living skills. The General Health Questionnaire was used to assess levels of psychological distress amongst care staff and a modified version of the Quality of Interactions Schedule was used to code the quality of interaction between staff and residents. An economic evaluation of the intervention was performed.
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/10/1995
Overall trial end date
31/08/1997
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Nursing and residential homes in South Manchester. 12 matched nursing and residential homes were randomised to either the control or intervention group. Within each home, 10 residents were selected by staff to participate on the basis that they presented an active care management problem. The key workers to each of the participating residents took part in the training programme. There were 98 staff in total, 51 of whom worked in the homes receiving the intervention.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
51
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/10/1995
Recruitment end date
31/08/1997
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
School of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences
Manchester
M20 8LR
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Record Provided by the NHS R&D 'Time-Limited' National Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Primary and Secondary Care Interface National Research and Development Programme (UK)
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
1999 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10406361
Publication citations
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Results
Proctor R, Burns A, Powell HS, Tarrier N, Faragher B, Richardson G, Davies L, South B, Behavioural management in nursing and residential homes: a randomised controlled trial., Lancet, 1999, 354, 9172, 26-29, doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)08237-3.