Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Bert Park
ORCID ID
Contact details
Division of Psychiatry
Nottingham Healthcare NHS Trust
Duncan Macmillan House
Porchester Road
Mapperley
Nottingham
NG3 6AA
United Kingdom
+44 115 969 1330 Ext 48213
Bert.Park@nottingham.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
RBF 98X28
Study information
Scientific title
Evaluation of Community Link Team - The effect of a community link team in facilitating early discharges from inpatient care
Acronym
Study hypothesis
What is the effect of intensive community support to facilitate early discharge from inpatient care on patients and re-admission rates?
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
Hospitals
Trial type
Other
Patient information sheet
Condition
Early discharge from hospital
Intervention
Not provided at time of registration
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
1. Demographic data
2. Occupied bed days
3. Patient and carer satisfaction questionnaires - collected via standard information sheets and results analysed
4. Occupied bed days saved
5. Quality of life
6. Patient need
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/08/1999
Overall trial end date
31/03/2001
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Admissions to acute inpatient care.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Other
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/08/1999
Recruitment end date
31/03/2001
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Division of Psychiatry
Nottingham
NG3 6AA
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Executive Trent (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
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list