A multi-centre community intervention trial to evaluate the clinical and cost effectiveness of Emergency Care Practitoners
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN22085282 |
|---|---|
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN22085282 |
| Secondary identifying numbers | SDO/98/2005 |
- Submission date
- 19/12/2006
- Registration date
- 08/05/2007
- Last edited
- 23/02/2012
- Recruitment status
- No longer recruiting
- Overall study status
- Completed
- Condition category
- Other
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data
Plain English Summary
Not provided at time of registration
Contact information
Ms Suzanne Mason
Scientific
Scientific
Health Services Research
ScHARR
University of Sheffield
Regent Court
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
United Kingdom
| Phone | +44 (0)114 222 0694 |
|---|---|
| s.mason@sheffield.ac.uk |
Study information
| Study design | Pragmatic multicentre community intervention trial (using mixed methods). |
|---|---|
| Primary study design | Interventional |
| Secondary study design | Randomised controlled trial |
| Study setting(s) | Hospital |
| Study type | Other |
| Participant information sheet | Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet |
| Scientific title | |
| Study acronym | NEECaP (National Evaluation of Emergency Care Practitioners schemes) |
| Study hypothesis | Aims: 1. To evaluate the appropriateness, quality and safety of care of Emergency Care Practitioners (ECPs) 2. To evaluate patient satisfaction and health outcomes after care given by ECPs 3. To examine the impact of ECP schemes on existing staff in emergency and unscheduled care services by assessing the impact of the new role on ECPs, other health care providers and managers 4. To evaluate the costs associated with integrating ECPs into the existing workforce 5. To examine the service level impact of ECPs on emergency and unscheduled care service performance |
| Ethics approval(s) | Multicentre Research Ethics Committee (MREC) for Scotland on 23/03/2006 (ref: 06/MRE00/20) |
| Condition | Emergency Care |
| Intervention | Emergency care practitioner schemes intended to provide alternative care for patients in emergency and unscheduled care settings, versus care as usual. |
| Intervention type | Other |
| Primary outcome measure | Patient outcomes: 1. Experiences and satisfaction 2. Patient health status 3. Quality and safety of care Workforce outcomes: 1. Impact of the ECP roles on self and others |
| Secondary outcome measures | 1. Effect of ECPs on overall performances of local service, strategic impact and economic evaluation 2. Consolidation of research methodologies for evaluating role substitution in health care, costs and system level impact |
| Overall study start date | 01/07/2006 |
| Overall study end date | 01/07/2007 |
Eligibility
| Participant type(s) | Patient |
|---|---|
| Age group | Not Specified |
| Sex | Not Specified |
| Target number of participants | 7200 |
| Participant inclusion criteria | All patients who are eligible to be seen by an ECP and present to the appropriate service with a clinical condition that the ECP either actually manages or would manage if there was an ECP available will be included. |
| Participant exclusion criteria | Patients who are not eligible to be attended by an ECP. |
| Recruitment start date | 01/07/2006 |
| Recruitment end date | 01/07/2007 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- England
- United Kingdom
Study participating centre
Health Services Research
Sheffield
S1 4DA
United Kingdom
S1 4DA
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
NHS Service Delivery and Organisation Research and Development programme (UK)
Government
Government
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
99 Gower Street
London
WC1E 6AZ
United Kingdom
| Phone | +44 (0)20 7612 7980 |
|---|---|
| sdo@lshtm.ac.uk | |
| Website | http://www.sdo.lshtm.ac.uk/ |
"ROR" |
https://ror.org/02wnqcb97 |
Funders
Funder type
Government
NHS Service Delivery and Organisation Research and Development programme (UK) (ref: SDO/98/2005)
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 |
Study outputs
| Output type | Details | Date created | Date added | Peer reviewed? | Patient-facing? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results article | results | 01/04/2007 | Yes | No | |
| Results article | results | 01/01/2012 | Yes | No | |
| Results article | results | 01/04/2012 | Yes | No |
