Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Denise Kendrick
ORCID ID
Contact details
Division of General Practice
University of Nottingham
University Hospital
Queens Medical Centre
Nottingham
NG7 2UH
United Kingdom
+44 (0)115 970 9389
denise.kendrick@nottingham.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
RBK99XX4
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
To assess the effectiveness of health visitor safety advice coupled with access to low cost safety equipment for low income families with children under 5, living in deprived areas.
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
Prevention
Patient information sheet
Condition
Injury
Intervention
The intervention group will receive a 20 min safety consultation with the health visitor based on the principles used in adult learning, plus opportunistic reinforcement of safety education at future consultations. Low cost equipment available will include stair gates, fireguards, smoke alarms, cupboard locks and window catches. Control group received standard care.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Primary outcome measure: the proportion of families in which at least one child experiences a medically attended unintentional injury (primary and secondary care).
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/11/1999
Overall trial end date
30/04/2002
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
All families with children under 5 in practices with a Townsend score of >0.
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
01/11/1999
Recruitment end date
30/04/2002
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Division of General Practice
Nottingham
NG7 2UH
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 Trent (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/15604156
Publication citations
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Results
Watson M, Kendrick D, Coupland C, Woods A, Futers D, Robinson J, Providing child safety equipment to prevent injuries: randomised controlled trial., BMJ, 2005, 330, 7484, 178, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38309.664444.8F.