Evaluating the Expert Patients Programme - process of implementation and outcomes

ISRCTN	ISRCTN70532349
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN70532349
Secondary identifying numbers	N/A

Submission date: 28/09/2004
Registration date: 12/01/2005
Last edited: 24/08/2015

Recruitment status: No longer recruiting
Overall study status: Completed
Condition category: Other

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Study website

Contact information

Prof Anne Rogers
Scientific

National Primary Care Research & Development Centre (NPCRDC)
5th Floor, Williamson Building
The University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 (0)161 275 7601
Email	anne.rogers@man.ac.uk

Study information

Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	Not specified
Study type	Not Specified
Scientific title	Evaluating the Expert Patients Programme - process of implementation and outcomes
Study acronym	REPORT - Research into Expert Patients Outcomes in a Randomised Trial
Study objectives	The RCT is designed to test the clinical and cost-effectiveness of the EPP in the management of chronic conditions in England. A two-arm, patient level, randomised controlled trial: The intervention is the Expert Patient Programme, group-based chronic disease management programme, and the comparator is a 6-month waiting list control group. Patient population is adults with chronic disease, to be recruited from all 27 EPP Zones in the UK. Outcomes: include self-efficacy, health status, quality of life, and health service utilisation
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Chronic condition as defined by the patient
Intervention	Randomisation at patient level to either Group 1 who will participate in the Expert Patients Programme (EPP) immediately or Group 2 the waiting list controls who will participate in the EPP six months after recruitment
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure	Self-efficacy, health status, quality of life, and health service utilisation
Secondary outcome measures	Not provided at time of registration
Overall study start date	01/04/2003
Completion date	28/02/2006

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Not Specified
Sex	Not Specified
Target number of participants	600
Key inclusion criteria	All individuals who are referred or self-refer to the Expert Patients Programme
Key exclusion criteria	Not provided at time of registration
Date of first enrolment	01/04/2003
Date of final enrolment	28/02/2006

Locations

Countries of recruitment

England
United Kingdom

Study participating centre

National Primary Care Research & Development Centre (NPCRDC)

Manchester
M13 9PL
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

UK Department of Health
Not defined

Dr Geoff Royston
Operational Research
Quarry House
Quarry Hill
Leeds
LS2 7UE
United Kingdom

Funders

Funder type

Government

UK Department of Health

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination plan	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	results	01/03/2007		Yes	No