Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Professor Murna Downs
ORCID ID
Contact details
Professor in Dementia Studies
Head of Bradford Dementia Group
School for Health Studies
Unity Building
University of Bradford
Bradford
BD5 OBB
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1274 233991
M.Downs@Bradford.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
QRD/98/01/Dykes
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
The project aims to investigate the effectiveness of different educational interventions in enabling primary care practitioners to respond to the needs of older people with dementia and their families. There are three study hypotheses:
1. Practitioners in practices which receive an educational intervention will demonstrate an increase in knowledge about recommended practice regarding the diagnosis and management of dementia compared to those who receive no such education
2. Medical records of people with a diagnosis of dementia in practices which receive an educational intervention will have a greater increase in concordance with North of England Evidence Based Guidelines on The Primary Care Management of Dementia compared to those who receive no such intervention
3. Families attending practices which receive an educational intervention will fare better on a range of outcomes including knowledge of dementia, knowledge and use of support services, satisfaction and stress
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
Quality of life
Patient information sheet
Condition
Alzheimer's disease
Intervention
Four groups:
1. Computer assisted learning
2. Decision support software
3. Small group practice learning
4. No intervention
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/07/1999
Overall trial end date
31/03/2003
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Being a general practice
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
01/07/1999
Recruitment end date
31/03/2003
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Professor in Dementia Studies
Bradford
BD5 OBB
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Alzheimer's Society (UK)
Sponsor details
Gordon House
10 Greencoat Place
London
SW1P 1PH
United Kingdom
+44 (0)207 306 0606
enquiries@alzheimers.org.uk
Sponsor type
Charity
Website
Funders
Funder type
Charity
Funder name
Alzheimer's Society (UK) - through the Dykes Bequest
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
Results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=16565124
Publication citations
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Results
Downs M, Turner S, Bryans M, Wilcock J, Keady J, Levin E, O'Carroll R, Howie K, Iliffe S, Effectiveness of educational interventions in improving detection and management of dementia in primary care: cluster randomised controlled study., BMJ, 2006, 332, 7543, 692-696, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.692.