Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
To compare the outcome of day hospital to day centre rehabilitation
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
Symptoms and general pathology
Intervention
Day hospital treatment or day centre rehabilitation by a physiotherapist and two health support workers
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
1. Barthel Index
2. Philadelphia Geriatric Morale Scale
3. Caregiver Strain Index
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/06/1993
Overall trial end date
01/06/1996
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Physically disabled older adults living at home referred for day hospital rehabilitation or maintenance before discharge from hospital or referred as outpatients.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Senior
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Added December 2008: 105
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/06/1993
Recruitment end date
01/06/1996
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Hinchingbrooke Hospital
Huntingdon
PE18 8NT
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 Eastern (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
1999 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10348390
Publication citations
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Results
Burch S, Longbottom J, McKay M, Borland C, Prevost T, A randomized controlled trial of day hospital and day centre therapy., Clin Rehabil, 1999, 13, 2, 105-112.