Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Prof Martin Eccles
ORCID ID
Contact details
Centre for Health Services Research
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
21 Claremont Place
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4AA
United Kingdom
+44 (0)191 222 6780
martin.eccles@ncl.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
G0300999
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Aim: to develop a tailored theory-based intervention to promote appropriate disclosure of diagnosis of dementia.
As of 28/07/09 this record has been updated. All updates can be found in under the relevant fiels with the above update date.
Ethics approval
Added as of 28/07/09:
1. Multi-Centre Research Ethics Committee for Scotland
2. Research and Development offices of the participating NHS trusts
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Dementia
Intervention
A theory-based survey of mental health teams will identify factors that are (a) modifiable and (b) the best predictors of behavioural intention. As there will be a range of these factors with these characteristics, we will select from them those factors which, in addition, can be modified by an intervention that is feasible. Then we shall select the three most promising interventions and simulate delivering them within a trial and examine their effects. There will be a fourth control (no intervention) arm.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Professionals' behavioural intention and simulation
Secondary outcome measures
Added as of 28/07/09:
No secondary outcome measures
Overall trial start date
01/04/2004
Overall trial end date
31/03/2006
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Mental health teams for older people
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Senior
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
120 mental health teams
Participant exclusion criteria
Does not meet inclusion criteria
Recruitment start date
01/04/2004
Recruitment end date
31/03/2006
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Centre for Health Services Research
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4AA
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
University of Newcastle (UK)
Sponsor details
Research and Innovation Services
Framlington Place
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4HH
United Kingdom
+44 (0)191 222 6000
Helen.Duffy@newcastle.ac.uk
Sponsor type
University/education
Website
Funders
Funder type
Research council
Funder name
Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)
Alternative name(s)
MRC
Funding Body Type
government organisation
Funding Body Subtype
Federal/National Government
Location
United Kingdom
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. 2006 protocol in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16722526
2. 2009 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19424811
Publication citations
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Protocol
Eccles MP, Foy R, Bamford CH, Hughes JC, Johnston M, Whitty PM, Steen N, Grimshaw JG, A trial platform to develop a tailored theory-based intervention to improve professional practice in the disclosure of a diagnosis of dementia: study protocol [ISRCTN15871014]., Implement Sci, 2006, 1, 7, doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-1-7.
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Results
Eccles MP, Francis J, Foy R, Johnston M, Bamford C, Grimshaw JM, Hughes J, Lecouturier J, Steen N, Whitty PM, Improving professional practice in the disclosure of a diagnosis of dementia: a modeling experiment to evaluate a theory-based intervention., Int J Behav Med, 2009, 16, 4, 377-387, doi: 10.1007/s12529-008-9023-3.