Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Chau Shum
ORCID ID
Contact details
Walderslade Village Surgery
62a Robin Hood Lane
Walderslade
Chatham
ME5 9LD
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1634 687250
cmshum@blueyonder.co.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
SPGS585
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
To assess formally whether practice nurse care for minor illness is acceptable and safe.
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
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Patient management
Intervention
Usual practice nurse, with 3 months extra training versus GP.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
The key outcome is patient satisfaction.
Secondary outcome measures
Other outcomes include patient-reported health outcome, process measure (e.g. treatment, referral, consultation length), and outcome relating to health education.
Overall trial start date
31/12/1998
Overall trial end date
31/12/2000
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1060 patients requesting same day appointments in general practice; agreement to randomisation to doctor or nurse.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
1060
Participant exclusion criteria
Children <1 yr, pregnant women, those presenting with chest pain, difficulty breathing, shortness of breath, fitting, significant bleeding, stroke, collapse, severe abdominal pain, psychiatric problem, not fluent in English.
Recruitment start date
31/12/1998
Recruitment end date
31/12/2000
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Walderslade Village Surgery
Chatham
ME5 9LD
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 (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
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
2000 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10764365
Publication citations
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Results
Shum C, Humphreys A, Wheeler D, Cochrane MA, Skoda S, Clement S, Nurse management of patients with minor illnesses in general practice: multicentre, randomised controlled trial., BMJ, 2000, 320, 7241, 1038-1043.