Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Mr Antony Arthur
ORCID ID
Contact details
faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Room B55a
Medical School
Queens Medical Centre
Nottingham
NG7 2UH
United Kingdom
+44 (0)115 970 9460
tony.arthur@nottingham.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
RBP 95XX2
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Does a mental health check by a community mental health team member improve outcomes for those screened positive for depression at the over-75 check?
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
GP practices
Trial type
Screening
Patient information sheet
Condition
Age-related depression
Intervention
1. Mental health check by community mental health team member
2. Standard care
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Change in Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) score
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/01/1996
Overall trial end date
30/04/1999
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Patients registered with Latham House Medical Practice aged 75+
2. Identified as depressed at their annual health check.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Senior
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
93 (added 27/01/10; see publication)
Participant exclusion criteria
Does not meet inclusion criteria
Recruitment start date
01/01/1996
Recruitment end date
30/04/1999
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
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
2002 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12030662
Publication citations
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Results
Arthur AJ, Jagger C, Lindesay J, Matthews RJ, Evaluating a mental health assessment for older people with depressive symptoms in general practice: a randomised controlled trial., Br J Gen Pract, 2002, 52, 476, 202-207.