Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Pat Munday
ORCID ID
Contact details
Genitourinary Medicine
Watford General Hospital
Vicarage Road
Watford
Herts
WD18 0HB
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1923 217922
pat.munday@whht.nhs.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0143118855
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
To assess whether appropriately trained nurses can carry out the majority of routine screening examinations without the intervention of a doctor.
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
Urological and Genital Diseases
Intervention
1. Patients seen by doctor
2. Patients seen by nurse only
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
1. Patient satisfaction
2. Uptake of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) testing
3. Comparison of screening pro forma
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
24/02/2003
Overall trial end date
24/08/2003
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Patients requesting sexual health screening.
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
24/02/2003
Recruitment end date
24/08/2003
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Genitourinary Medicine
Watford, Herts
WD18 0HB
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust ((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
2005 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15899078
Publication citations
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Results
Munday PE, Allan A, Hearne S, Gubbay A, The role of the nurse in screening asymptomatic male and female patients in a sexual health clinic., Int J STD AIDS, 2005, 16, 4, 281-283, doi: 10.1258/0956462053654348.