An evaluation of the effectiveness of a nurse-run glaucoma support unit in comparison to a medically-led outpatients clinic

ISRCTN	ISRCTN48112269
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN48112269
Secondary identifying numbers	N0283091717

Submission date: 30/09/2004
Registration date: 30/09/2004
Last edited: 27/04/2018

Recruitment status: No longer recruiting
Overall study status: Completed
Condition category: Eye Diseases

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

Ms Kate Kelley
Scientific

Worthing & Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust
Worthing Hospital
Lyndhurst Road
Worthing
BN11 2DH
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 (0)1903 205111 x 4198
Email	kate.kelley@wash.nhs.uk

Study information

Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	Hospital
Study type	Treatment
Participant information sheet	Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Scientific title	An evaluation of the effectiveness of a nurse-run glaucoma support unit in comparison to a medically-led outpatients clinic
Study objectives	To compare the effectiveness of a nurse-run glaucoma support unit with that of a medically-led outpatients clinic, in terms of patients' knowledge of the condition and its treatment, and adherence to medication
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Glaucoma
Intervention	Randomised controlled trial
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure	Patients' understanding of glaucoma, adherence to therapy.
Secondary outcome measures	Not provided at time of registration
Overall study start date	01/11/2001
Completion date	06/05/2003

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Not Specified
Sex	Not Specified
Target number of participants	102
Key inclusion criteria	102 patients with long-term chronic stable glaucoma
Key exclusion criteria	Does not meet inclusion criteria
Date of first enrolment	01/11/2001
Date of final enrolment	06/05/2003

Locations

Countries of recruitment

England
United Kingdom

Study participating centre

Worthing & Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust

Worthing
BN11 2DH
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

Department of Health
Government

Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom

Website	http://www.dh.gov.uk/Home/fs/en

Funders

Funder type

Research organisation

Sussex NHS Research Consortium (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

27/04/2018: No publications found, verifying study status with principal investigator.
22/03/2016: No publications found, verifying study status with principal investigator