Endometriosis and cultural diversity: improving services for minority ethnic women

ISRCTN	ISRCTN13024603
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN13024603
Secondary identifying numbers	4371

Submission date: 21/10/2010
Registration date: 21/10/2010
Last edited: 30/09/2016

Recruitment status: No longer recruiting
Overall study status: Completed
Condition category: Urological and Genital Diseases

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Record updated in last year

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Study website

Contact information

Mrs Patricia Apenteng
Scientific

Birmingham City University
Perry Barr
Birmingham
B42 2SU
United Kingdom

Email	patricia.apenteng@bcu.ac.uk

Study information

Study design	Multicentre non-randomised interventional process of care pilot/feasibility study
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Non randomised study
Study setting(s)	Other
Study type	Other
Participant information sheet	Not available in web format, please use contact details to request a participant information sheet
Scientific title	Endometriosis and cultural diversity: improving services for minority ethnic women
Study acronym	Endocul
Study objectives	To develop, in collaboration with community groups and patients, evidence based and culturally sensitive resources for women with endometriosis and to develop good practice guidance for the health professionals providing services to women of minority ethnic origin.
Ethics approval(s)	MREC, ref: 08/H1204/8
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Topic: Reproductive Health and Childb; Subtopic: Oral and Gastrointestinal (all Subtopics), Reproductive Health & Childbirth (all Subtopics); Disease: Reproductive Health & Childbirth
Intervention	1. Develop and pilot a culturally appropriate resource for women with endometriosis in English, Chinese, Greek, Gujarati and Urdu 2. Explore the impact of the socio-cultural context on the meanings of endometriosis among minority ethnic women 3. Develop and pilot good practice in the provision of culturally competent care for providers of endometriosis services in primary and secondary care Follow up length: 0 months Study entry: Other Details: purposive recruitment
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure	Develop good practice guidance for the health professionals providing services to women of minority
Secondary outcome measures	Not provided at time of registration
Overall study start date	01/04/2008
Completion date	31/10/2009

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Lower age limit	18 Years
Sex	Female
Target number of participants	Planned sample size: 130; UK sample size: 130
Key inclusion criteria	Focus groups: 1. Women of African Caribbean, Chinese, Greek/Greek Cypriots, Pakistani, or Indian origin 2. Aged between 18 and 50 years old Interviewees: 3. Women of African Caribbean, Chinese, Greek/Greek Cypriots, Pakistani, or Indian origin 4. Aged between 18 and 50 years old 5. Current clinical diagnosis of endometriosis 6. Duration of illness greater than 1 year prior to the study 7. Receiving care from mainstream health care services (NHS)
Key exclusion criteria	1. Outside of ethnic communities or age range in inclusion criteria 2. No diagnosis of endometriosis
Date of first enrolment	01/04/2008
Date of final enrolment	31/10/2009

Locations

Countries of recruitment

England
United Kingdom

Study participating centre

Birmingham City University

Birmingham
B42 2SU
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
Hospital/treatment centre

Mindelsohn Way
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TG
England
United Kingdom

Website	http://www.bwhct.nhs.uk
"ROR"	https://ror.org/056ajev02

Funders

Funder type

Government

National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) (UK) Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) programme

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
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

Editorial Notes

30/09/2016: No publications found, verifying study status with principal investigator.