Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0202140093
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Not provided at time of registration
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
GP practices
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Not Applicable: Service delivery
Intervention
1. A visit to the practice to put a poster on the staff notice board and to give individual GPs a folder containing publicity material for the library
2. An email to each GP publicising library services
3. Control group - no publicity
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
To check databases to see if there has been an increased use by GPs and to establish the most effective intervention.
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/03/2004
Overall trial end date
30/03/2004
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
GP practices will be randomly selected to receive one of 3 interventions.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
GP practices in Cornwall.
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/03/2004
Recruitment end date
30/03/2004
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Truro
TR1 3LJ
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (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
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
2008 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18796081
Publication citations
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Results
Oak K, Gegg R, Increasing the rural general practitioners' use of library and information services through publicity: a randomized controlled trial in Cornwall, UK., Health Info Libr J, 2008, 25, 3, 208-217, doi: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2007.00766.x.