Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Not provided at time of registration
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
Unplanned hospital re-admission in patients recently discharged from geriatric Wards
Intervention
1. A single visit from a health visitor at 72 hours in addition to normal follow-up services
2. Normal follow-up services
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
10/01/1992
Overall trial end date
31/01/1993
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Patients of St Martin's Hospital geriatric wards that were being discharged home
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Senior
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Added as of 23/05/2008: 204
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
10/01/1992
Recruitment end date
31/01/1993
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
St Martin's Hospital
Bath
BA2 5RP
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 South West (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
Results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15374310
Publication citations
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Results
Dunn RB, Lewis PA, Vetter NJ, Guy PM, Hardman CS, Jones RW, Health visitor intervention to reduce days of unplanned hospital re-admission in patients recently discharged from geriatric wards: the results of a randomised controlled study., Arch Gerontol Geriatr, 18, 1, 15-23.