A prospective study of UK Balint Groups

ISRCTN	ISRCTN31260533
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN31260533
Secondary identifying numbers	N0229094132

Submission date: 12/09/2003
Registration date: 12/09/2003
Last edited: 05/03/2020

Recruitment status: No longer recruiting
Overall study status: Completed
Condition category: Other

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Record updated in last year

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr Chris Mace
Scientific

Department of Psychotherapy
South Warwickshire Combined Care NHS Trust
Yew Tree House
87 Radford Rd
Leamington Spa
CV31 1JQ
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 (0)1926 313126
Email	abc@email.com

Study information

Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	Other
Study type	Other
Scientific title	A prospective study of UK Balint Groups
Study objectives	What is a Balint Group? What is their principal contribution to medical training?
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Training in general practice and psychiatry
Intervention	Two stage project. Initial postal survey of all current case discussion groups known to the British Balint Society to establish operational definition of Balint method. Second stage is prospective randomised comparison of Balint training experience versus participation in evidence-based medicine seminars for trainees in general practice and psychiatry.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure	Brief postal questionnaire.
Secondary outcome measures	Not provided at time of registration
Overall study start date	09/01/2000
Completion date	30/09/2003

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Other
Sex	Both
Target number of participants	Not provided at time of registration
Key inclusion criteria	Group leaders of ongoing Balint seminars with medical participants. Second stage is prospective randomised comparison of Balint training experience versus participation in evidence-based medicine seminars for trainees in general practice and psychiatry.
Key exclusion criteria	Does not match inclusion criteria
Date of first enrolment	09/01/2000
Date of final enrolment	30/09/2003

Locations

Countries of recruitment

England
United Kingdom

Study participating centre

Department of Psychotherapy

Leamington Spa
CV31 1JQ
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

Department of Health (UK)
Government

Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom

Website	http://www.doh.gov.uk

Funders

Funder type

Hospital/treatment centre

South Warwickshire Combined Care NHS Trust(UK)

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
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
IPD sharing plan

Editorial Notes

05/03/2020: No publications found. All search options exhausted.
28/02/2020: No publications found, verifying study status with principal investigator.