Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr John Green
ORCID ID
Contact details
Academic Unit for Elderly Care and Rehabilitation
Duckworth Lane
Bradford
BD9 6RJ
United Kingdom
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john.green@bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
8401
Study information
Scientific title
An investigation of the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) system of care to prevent delirium: a qualitative case study
Acronym
Study hypothesis
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
Bradford Research Ethics Committee, 26/01/2010, ref: 09/H1302/117
Study design
Observational qualitative case study
Primary study design
Observational
Secondary study design
Case-control study
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Prevention
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Condition
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
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Qualitative investigation
Secondary outcome measures
No secondary outcome measures
Overall trial start date
01/12/2009
Overall trial end date
30/11/2012
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant 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
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
Planned sample size: 90; UK sample size: 90
Participant exclusion criteria
Does not meet inclusion criteria
Recruitment start date
01/12/2009
Recruitment end date
30/11/2012
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Academic Unit for Elderly Care and Rehabilitation
Bradford
BD9 6RJ
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Bradford Royal Infirmary (UK)
Sponsor details
Duckworth Lane
Bradford
BD9 6RJ
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Hospital/treatment centre
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
National Insititute for Health Research (NIHR) (UK) - Programme Grant for Applied Research (PGfAR)
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
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary