Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Prof Martin White
ORCID ID
Contact details
Public Health Research Group
School of Population and Health Sciences
University of Newcastle
Medical School
Framlington Place
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4HH
United Kingdom
+44 (0)191 2226275
martin.white@ncl.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
DoHRCTP2
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
WRAP
Study hypothesis
Differences in health or psycho-social outcomes will be found between those in receipt of additional financial and non-financial benefits and those receiving no financial gains
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
General health status
Intervention
Intervention group: Full welfare benefits assessment and assistance with claims where appropriate.
The control group received the full intervention after a six month delay.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Changes in health status, physical functioning, and levels of anxiety and depression.
Secondary outcome measures
Changes in health-related behaviours (diet, alcohol, tobacco and physical activity) and in psycho-social and economic factors
Overall trial start date
18/02/2002
Overall trial end date
31/03/2005
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Those aged 60 years and over living in Newcastle upon Tyne
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Senior
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
126
Participant exclusion criteria
People living in residential or nursing care homes
Recruitment start date
18/02/2002
Recruitment end date
31/03/2005
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Public Health Research Group
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4HH
United Kingdom
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
UK Department of Health
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
Results:
1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16524479
2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16790053
Publication citations
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Moffatt S, White M, Mackintosh J, Howel D, Using quantitative and qualitative data in health services research - what happens when mixed method findings conflict? [ISRCTN61522618]., BMC Health Serv Res, 2006, 6, 28, doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-28.
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Mackintosh J, White M, Howel D, Chadwick T, Moffatt S, Deverill M, Sandell A, Randomised controlled trial of welfare rights advice accessed via primary health care: pilot study [ISRCTN61522618]., BMC Public Health, 2006, 6, 162, doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-162.