Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Paul Little
ORCID ID
Contact details
Primary Medical Care
Aldermoor Health Centre
Aldermoor Close
Southampton
SO16 5ST
United Kingdom
+44 (0)2380 241050
pmc1@soton.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
SPGS789
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
To determine whether an educational leaflet improves patient confidence with management of minor illness and reduces attendance at surgery
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
Not specified
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Not applicable: Not applicable
Intervention
Leaflet outlining self-care for 42 common conditions against no leaflet
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Attendance rate at surgery. Predictors measured at baseline of return to surgery. Cost of delivery and cost savings of using leaflet.
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
30/04/1998
Overall trial end date
30/11/2000
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
2950 patients from general practice. One patient per household.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
2950
Participant exclusion criteria
Unable to read leaflet, or to understand or complete outcome measures.
Recruitment start date
30/04/1998
Recruitment end date
30/11/2000
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Primary Medical Care
Southampton
SO16 5ST
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 East
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
2001 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11358775
Publication citations
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Results
Little P, Somerville J, Williamson I, Warner G, Moore M, Wiles R, George S, Smith A, Peveler R, Randomised controlled trial of self management leaflets and booklets for minor illness provided by post., BMJ, 2001, 322, 7296, 1214-6, 1217.