Investigation of the Hospital Elder Life Program to prevent delirium

ISRCTN	ISRCTN28213290
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN28213290
Secondary identifying numbers	8401

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Dr John Green
Scientific

Academic Unit for Elderly Care and Rehabilitation
Duckworth Lane
Bradford
BD9 6RJ
United Kingdom

Email	john.green@bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk

Study design	Observational qualitative case study
Primary study design	Observational
Secondary study design	Case-control study
Study setting(s)	Hospital
Study type	Prevention
Participant information sheet	Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Scientific title	An investigation of the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) system of care to prevent delirium: a qualitative case study
Study objectives	Design: Case studies in three hospitals Objectives: 1. Review and adapt the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) for use in the UK 2. Identify strategies to support the implementation of HELP 3. Determine the optimum methods to deliver HELP in routine care
Ethics approval(s)	Bradford Research Ethics Committee, 26/01/2010, ref: 09/H1302/117
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Topic: Generic Health Relevance and Cross Cutting Themes; Subtopic: Generic Health Relevance (all Subtopics); Disease: Health Services Research
Intervention	Qualitative investigation with NHS staff, hospital volunteers, patient and carer representatives including three, two-hour facilitated workshops in three hospital sites, individual interviews and focus groups. Three workshops in each of the three hospital sites will be undertaken over 12 - 18 months.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure	Qualitative investigation
Secondary outcome measures	No secondary outcome measures
Overall study start date	01/12/2009
Completion date	30/11/2012

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Lower age limit	18 Years
Sex	Both
Target number of participants	Planned sample size: 90; UK sample size: 90
Key inclusion criteria	Participants in the study will be NHS staff, hospital volunteers, and patient and/or carer representatives. Following discussion with relevant managers and clinicians, HELP development teams will be set up in three hospitals. Eight to ten staff and others having a potential interest/role in the programme (e.g. senior manager, senior doctor, matron, nurse consultant and/or specialist nurse, staff nurse, therapist, manager of the volunteer service, volunteer, patient representative, care assistant and ward clerk) will be approached for participation. Additionally, a number of other clinical staff and volunteers will be approached for interview and focus group participation. Target Gender: Male and female Lower Age Limit: 18 years
Key exclusion criteria	Does not meet inclusion criteria
Date of first enrolment	01/12/2009
Date of final enrolment	30/11/2012

Academic Unit for Elderly Care and Rehabilitation

Bradford
BD9 6RJ
United Kingdom

Bradford Royal Infirmary (UK)
Hospital/treatment centre

Duckworth Lane
Bradford
BD9 6RJ
England
United Kingdom

Website	http://www.bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk/
"ROR"	https://ror.org/01ck0pr88

Government

National Insititute for Health Research (NIHR) (UK) - Programme Grant for Applied Research (PGfAR)

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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
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Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article		01/03/2021	28/10/2022	Yes	No

28/10/2022: Publication reference added.
04/10/2017: No publications found in PubMed, verifying study status with principal investigator.