Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
PSI A-98
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Government policy is to increase the number of drug users receiving shared care between primary health care teams and secondary services. In Stockport a primary care liaison worker has been appointed to increase the number of drug users in shared care arrangements. The study will evaluate the effect of this appointment by means of a RCT and the study aims to demonstrate whether this approach is increasing shared care is effective.
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
Other
Trial type
Other
Patient information sheet
Condition
Addiction
Intervention
1. Services of a primary care liaison worker
2. Normal CDT services offered
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
The comparison between two groups (practices offered the services of a primary care liaison worker and those not) of the proportion of drug users in contact with the Community Drug Team who are in shared care arrangements with primary care teams 12 and 18 months post-randomisation. Hospital admissions and A&E attendances.
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/06/1997
Overall trial end date
30/11/1998
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Drug misusers who are in contact with the CDT and registered with a Stockport general practitioner. Participants must be opiate users of have used opiates more than once in the last 12 months.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/06/1997
Recruitment end date
30/11/1998
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Bury & Rochdale Health Authority
Bury
BL9 0EN
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Record Provided by the NHS R&D 'Time-Limited' National Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Primary and Secondary Care Interface National Research and Development Programme (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
2002 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11939381
Publication citations
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Results
Dey P, Roaf E, Collins S, Shaw H, Steele R, Donmall M, Randomized controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of a primary health care liaison worker in promoting shared care for opiate users., J Public Health Med, 2002, 24, 1, 38-42.