Needs and Mental Health: Preventing psychiatric re-admissions in the elderly

ISRCTN ISRCTN73479580
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN73479580
Secondary identifying numbers N0230152978
Submission date
30/09/2005
Registration date
30/09/2005
Last edited
15/07/2010
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Prof Clive Holmes
Scientific

Memory Assessment and Research Centre
Moorgreen Hospital
West End Road
Southampton
SO30 3JB
United Kingdom

Phone +44 (0)23 8047 5216
Email c.holmes@soton.ac.uk

Study information

Study designRandomised controlled trial
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designRandomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)Not specified
Study typeNot Specified
Scientific title
Study objectivesIs the introduction of Locality Link Nurses (LLNs) a conducive way of supporting patients post discharge?
Ethics approval(s)Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedMental and Behavioural Disorders: Psychiatric disorder
InterventionFollowing consent procedures obtained in the week prior to discharge from the in-patient ward (Minstead Ward, Western Hospital) baseline measurements, including demographics and ICD-10 diagnoses, of all patients will be documented. In addition, patients will be assessed using the Camberwell Assessment of Need for the Elderly, the Mini Mental State Examination and Geriatric Depression Scale. 140 admissions will then be randomised to receive normal follow up arrangements alone or early follow up with the Locality Link (LLN) nurse in addition to normal follow up arrangements. All patients will be reassessed in the community using the Camberwell Assessment of Need for the Elderly, the Mini Mental State Examination and Geriatric Depression Scale at 6 weeks post discharge. Re-admission rates to the ward will be monitored for all patients in one year post discharge.
Intervention typeOther
Primary outcome measure1. To determine whether early post discharge nursing intervention reduces need as assessed by the Camberwell assessment of need for the elderly
2. To identify what factors pre and post discharge (demographic, psychiatric morbidity and patient needs) are associated with early readmission
3. To identify whether early post discharge nursing intervention reduces early psychiatric readmission rates
Secondary outcome measuresNot provided at time of registration
Overall study start date26/11/2004
Completion date25/11/2005

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupSenior
SexNot Specified
Target number of participants140
Key inclusion criteria140 consenting subjects from Minstead Ward, Western Hospital.
Inclusion Criteria. All consenting patients with an ICD 10 diagnosis for functional psychiatric illness admitted to the functional psychiatric ward at the Western Hospital (Minstead Ward).
Key exclusion criteriaPatients fulfilling ICD 10 diagnoses for dementia.
Date of first enrolment26/11/2004
Date of final enrolment25/11/2005

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • England
  • United Kingdom

Study participating centre

Memory Assessment and Research Centre
Southampton
SO30 3JB
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

Department of Health
Government

Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom

Phone +44 (0)20 7307 2622
Email dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Website http://www.dh.gov.uk/Home/fs/en

Funders

Funder type

Government

West Hampshire Consortium (UK) NHS R&D Funding

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type Details Date created Date added Peer reviewed? Patient-facing?
Results article results 01/10/2006 Yes No