Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
G9328038; G9328051; G9319839
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
To determine:
1. The optimum methods of assessing the elderly (aged 75 years and over) in primary care as required by the GP contract (through identifying disease and need)
2. The optimum model of management of elderly participants identified by the above assessment process.
The study will compare assessments at different levels (brief health interview and detailed health assessment) and by different methods of administration (postal, lay interviewer, practice nurse). Two different management models will be compared: the primary care team and a multidisciplinary geriatric team.
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
Gerentology
Intervention
Brief health interview/detailed health assessment.
Postal/lay interviewer/practice nurse.
Primary care team/multidisciplinary geriatric team.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Mortality, hospital and institutional admissions, quality of life (in a random sample of 24 practices) and use of services (in a random cross sectional samples measures at different time periods).
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/04/1994
Overall trial end date
31/12/2001
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
All people on the GP register eligible for the over 75 check in the year following practice randomisation and training.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Senior
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
50,000
Participant exclusion criteria
Patients in long stay care, Nursing Homes or patients who are terminally ill.
Recruitment start date
01/04/1994
Recruitment end date
31/12/2001
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Department of Epidemiology and Population Sciences
London
WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)
Sponsor details
20 Park Crescent
London
W1B 1AL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7636 5422
clinical.trial@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk
Sponsor type
Research council
Website
Funders
Funder type
Research council
Funder name
Medical Research Council (UK)
Alternative name(s)
MRC
Funding Body Type
government organisation
Funding Body Subtype
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
Study protocol: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12398790
Results: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15530627
Publication citations
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Results
Fletcher AE, Price GM, Ng ES, Stirling SL, Bulpitt CJ, Breeze E, Nunes M, Jones DA, Latif A, Fasey NM, Vickers MR, Tulloch AJ, Population-based multidimensional assessment of older people in UK general practice: a cluster-randomised factorial trial., Lancet, 364, 9446, 1667-1677, doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17353-4.
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Fletcher AE, Jones DA, Bulpitt CJ, Tulloch AJ, The MRC trial of assessment and management of older people in the community: objectives, design and interventions [ISRCTN23494848]., BMC Health Serv Res, 2002, 2, 1, 21.