Randomised controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate a patient-held shared record card for patients with long term mental illness

ISRCTN	ISRCTN37144448
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN37144448
Secondary identifying numbers	844

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Dr Helen Lester
Scientific

Dept of General Practice
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 (0)121 414 3760

Study design	Cluster randomised controlled parallel group trial
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	GP practice
Study type	Other
Scientific title
Study objectives	From the viewpoint of both primary and secondary care, what is the effect of a patient held shared record card on the pattern of service use and satisfaction with medical care for people with long term mental illness, compared to current practice?
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Schizophrenia and other psychoses
Intervention	Randomly selected patients entered on the North Birmingham Community District Mental Health Team's "community team case load census" database will be randomised: 1. Patient-held records 2. Current practice 100 patients will be required for each arm of the study. To avoid contamination bias, patients in the study and control arm will be drawn from different general practices.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure	1. Adherence with treatment 2. Loss to follow up 3. Satisfaction with medical care 4. Number of psychiatric admissions/year 5. Length of inpatient stay
Secondary outcome measures	Not provided at time of registration
Overall study start date	01/11/1997
Completion date	31/07/2001

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Sex	Both
Target number of participants	200
Key inclusion criteria	All patients with more than 2 years history of schizophrenia or other psychoses, severe personality disorder, or severe neurosis who require long-term supervision.
Key exclusion criteria	1. Dementia, or other brain disorder 2. Alcohol or drug misuse 3. Learning disability 4. 15 years or under 5. 65 year or older.
Date of first enrolment	01/11/1997
Date of final enrolment	31/07/2001

Dept of General Practice

Birmingham
B15 2TT
United Kingdom

NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Government

The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom

Government

NHS Executive West Midlands (UK)

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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	results	01/03/2003		Yes	No