Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Harry Hemingway
ORCID ID
Contact details
Department of Public Health & Primary Care
University College London
1-19 Torrington Place
London
WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7725 3235
Natalie.Fitzpatrick@westminster-pct.nhs.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
RDC00880
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
The project proposes to test the feasibility of a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of shared care for patients with serious mental illness by randomly allocating GP practices to 1. general practices with a mental health worker (experimental group) and 2. general practices without a mental health worker (control group).
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
Mental and behavioural disorders: Schizophrenia and other psychoses; Mental and behavioural disorders: Depression, anxiety, neuroses
Intervention
1. General practices with a mental health worker (experimental group)
2. General practices without a mental health worker (control group)
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/05/1998
Overall trial end date
01/05/1999
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
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
01/05/1998
Recruitment end date
01/05/1999
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Department of Public Health & Primary Care
London
WC1E 6BT
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 London (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
1. Fitzpatrick NK, Shah S, Walker N, Nourmand S, Tyrer PJ, Barnes TRE, Higgitt A, Hemingway H. The determinants and effect of shared care on patient outcomes and psychiatric admissions: an inner city primary care cohort study. Soc Psych Psychiatr Epidemiol 2004; 39:154-163 in in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15052398
2. McCrone P, Fitzpatrick NK, Mathieson E, Chisholm D, Nourmand S. Economic Implications of shared care arrangements: a primary Care based study of patients in an inner city sample. Soc Psych Psychiatr Epidemiol 2004 Jul;39(7):553-9. in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15243693
Publication citations
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Fitzpatrick NK, Shah S, Walker N, Nourmand S, Tyrer PJ, Barnes TR, Higgitt A, Hemingway H, The determinants and effect of shared care on patient outcomes and psychiatric admissions - an inner city primary care cohort study., Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol, 2004, 39, 2, 154-163, doi: 10.1007/s00127-004-0721-0.
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McCrone P, Fitzpatrick NK, Mathieson E, Chisholm D, Nourmand S, Economic implications of shared care arrangements. A primary care based study of patients in an inner city sample., Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol, 2004, 39, 7, 553-559, doi: 10.1007/s00127-004-0780-2.