The impact of a specialist outreach team on the quality of residential and nursing home care: A randomised controlled trial
ISRCTN | ISRCTN11810871 |
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DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN11810871 |
Secondary identifying numbers | PSI11-14 |
- Submission date
- 23/01/2004
- Registration date
- 23/01/2004
- Last edited
- 17/12/2009
- Recruitment status
- No longer recruiting
- Overall study status
- Completed
- Condition category
- Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data
Plain English summary of protocol
Not provided at time of registration
Contact information
Prof Alistair Burns
Scientific
Scientific
School of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences
University of Manchester
Withington Hospital
Manchester
M20 8LR
United Kingdom
Phone | +44 (0)161 291 3310 |
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A_Burns@fs1.with.man.ac.uk |
Study information
Study design | Randomised controlled trial |
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Primary study design | Interventional |
Secondary study design | Randomised controlled trial |
Study setting(s) | Not specified |
Study type | Quality of life |
Scientific title | |
Study objectives | To evaluate the impact of a psychogeriatric hospital outreach team on the quality of care in nursing and residential homes. |
Ethics approval(s) | Not provided at time of registration |
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied | 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 |
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 study start date | 01/10/1995 |
Completion date | 31/08/1997 |
Eligibility
Participant type(s) | Patient |
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Age group | Not Specified |
Sex | Not Specified |
Target number of participants | 51 |
Key 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. |
Key exclusion criteria | Not provided at time of registration |
Date of first enrolment | 01/10/1995 |
Date of final enrolment | 31/08/1997 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- England
- United Kingdom
Study participating centre
School of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences
Manchester
M20 8LR
United Kingdom
M20 8LR
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Record Provided by the NHS R&D 'Time-Limited' National Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Government
Government
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Website | http://www.doh.gov.uk |
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Funders
Funder type
Government
NHS Primary and Secondary Care Interface National Research and Development Programme (UK)
No information available
Results and Publications
Intention to publish date | |
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Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share | No |
IPD sharing plan summary | Not provided at time of registration |
Publication and dissemination plan | Not provided at time of registration |
IPD sharing plan |
Study outputs
Output type | Details | Date created | Date added | Peer reviewed? | Patient-facing? |
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Results article | results | 03/07/1999 | Yes | No |