Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr John Gladman
ORCID ID
Contact details
Ageing and Disability Research Unit
Division of Rehab and Ageing
School of Community Health Sciences
Queen's Medical Centre
Nottingham
NG7 2UH
United Kingdom
+44 (0)115 924 9924 Ext 42618
john.gladman@nottingham.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
RBG 99X23
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
The project will evaluate a recently developed initiative to provide residential rehabilitation in social services homes for frail older people at risk of needing institutionalisation or extensive long-term home care packages.
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
Other
Trial type
Quality of life
Patient information sheet
Condition
Not applicable
Intervention
Not provided at time of registration
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/02/2000
Overall trial end date
31/01/2003
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
If the service has a capacity for 20 consenting clients, with an average length of stay of 40 days (pilot work), and assuming 80% capacity is maintained, then 150 clients could be managed in one year.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Senior
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
150
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/02/2000
Recruitment end date
31/01/2003
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Ageing and Disability Research Unit
Nottingham
NG7 2UH
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
1. 2004 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15151912
Publication citations
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Results
Fleming SA, Blake H, Gladman JR, Hart E, Lymbery M, Dewey ME, McCloughry H, Walker M, Miller P, A randomised controlled trial of a care home rehabilitation service to reduce long-term institutionalisation for elderly people., Age Ageing, 2004, 33, 4, 384-390, doi: 10.1093/ageing/afh126.