Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr David Kernick
ORCID ID
Contact details
St Thomas Medical Group
St Thomas Health Centre
Cowick Street
Exeter
EX4 1HJ
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1392 676679
su1838@eclipse.co.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
RSU/06/04.98/Kernick
Study information
Scientific title
Strategies to increase the effectiveness of the consultation through enhanced understanding
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Does enhancing GP's understanding of a patient's presentation by means of a simple patient-generated aide memoir lead to a better consultation outcome?
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
Other
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Condition
Not applicable
Intervention
1. Patients in the intervention group will be required to fill in a semi-structured aide memoir before consultation with GP
2. Patients receiving care in normal GP practices will act as a control
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/10/1998
Overall trial end date
31/01/1999
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/10/1998
Recruitment end date
31/01/1999
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
St Thomas Medical Group
Exeter
EX4 1HJ
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 South West (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