Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Peter Brocklehurst
ORCID ID
Contact details
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit
University of Oxford
Old Road Campus
Headington
Oxford
OX3 7LF
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1865 226 966
peter.brocklehurst@perinat.ox.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
CAST
Study hypothesis
Effect of hand-signed versus scanned signatures on a covering letter on response rates to postal surveys.
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
Caesarean section surgical techniques
Intervention
Hand-signed versus scanned signatures on a covering letter asking for the return of a questionnaire enquiring about currently used caesarean section techniques
Intervention type
Procedure/Surgery
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Response rate
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/02/1999
Overall trial end date
31/10/1999
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
All practicing members of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Female
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/02/1999
Recruitment end date
31/10/1999
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit
Oxford
OX3 7LF
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Sponsor not defined - Record supplied by the University of Oxford (UK)
Sponsor details
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit
University of Oxford
Old Road Campus
Headington
Oxford
OX3 7LF
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Not defined
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Part of the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU) grant, funded by the 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
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2005 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16091137
Publication citations
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Results
McKenzie-McHarg K, Tully L, Gates S, Ayers S, Brocklehurst P, Effect on survey response rate of hand written versus printed signature on a covering letter: randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN67566265]., BMC Health Serv Res, 2005, 5, 52, doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-5-52.