Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0436130342
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Failure to attend pre-arranged outpatient appointments represents a failed opportunity to engage those with mental health problems, and a waste of NHS resources. Text based prompts (such as reminder letters) have been proposed as a simple, easy to deliver and cost effective means of addressing this problem - and are recommended in the recent National Health Service Framework for mental health.
To establish the effects of the National Service Framework recommended simple text based prompts on attendance of people due to be seen at psychiatric outpatients clinics in Leeds.
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
Not specified
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Intervention
Text based prompts vs no text based prompts
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/12/2002
Overall trial end date
01/12/2006
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Adults of working age in an inner city combined mental health and community trust. Every person due to attend a routine consultant led general psychiatric outpatient clinic for the first time between January 2003 and December 2003.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
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
01/12/2002
Recruitment end date
01/12/2006
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Newsam Centre
Leeds
LS14 6UH
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Leeds Teaching 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
1. 2008 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17935636
Publication citations
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Results
Kitcheman J, Adams CE, Pervaiz A, Kader I, Mohandas D, Brookes G, Does an encouraging letter encourage attendance at psychiatric out-patient clinics? The Leeds PROMPTS randomized study., Psychol Med, 2008, 38, 5, 717-723, doi: 10.1017/S0033291707001766.