Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
To compare the package of the care for patients with minor injuries provided by nurse practitioners with that provided by junior doctors.
Ethics approval
Ethical approval was obtained for the study from the local research ethics committee.
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Burns
Intervention
Care by junior doctor versus care by nurse practitioner
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Adequacy of care provided by the nurse practitioner or junior doctor.
Secondary outcome measures
1. Patient's satisfaction with the quality of their care
2. Improvement and return to usual activities
3. Need for unplanned follow-up
Overall trial start date
10/02/1997
Overall trial end date
04/08/1997
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Patients presenting at accident and emergency department with minor injuries.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
10/02/1997
Recruitment end date
04/08/1997
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Department of Accident and Emergency Medicine
Sheffield
S5 7AU
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 Trent (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/10533859
Publication citations
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Results
Sakr M, Angus J, Perrin J, Nixon C, Nicholl J, Wardrope J, Care of minor injuries by emergency nurse practitioners or junior doctors: a randomised controlled trial., Lancet, 1999, 354, 9187, 1321-1326.