A study to measure the health gain from providing GPs with training in the assessment and management of depression.

ISRCTN	ISRCTN91178137
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN91178137
Secondary identifying numbers	NMH11C

Submission date: 23/01/2004
Registration date: 23/01/2004
Last edited: 18/11/2010

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

Dr Linda Gask
Scientific

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

Phone	+44 (0)161 275 1848
Email	Linda.Gask@man.ac.uk

Study information

Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	GP practice
Study type	Not Specified
Scientific title
Study objectives	Not provided at time of registration
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Depression, anxiety, neuroses
Intervention	A randomised controlled trial involving 40 principals in general practice and a sample of their depressed patients. Half of the general practitioners will undergo training at the beginning of the study and the other half will receive this later. General practitioners will be randomly allocated to each group. Patients will not be randomised. Specific baseline and follow-up (3 months, 6 months and 12 months after recruitment) measures will be made on 400 patients being treated for depression by the general practitioners (i.e. approximately 10 per general practitioner).
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure	Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures	Not provided at time of registration
Overall study start date	01/04/2003
Completion date	30/04/2004

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Sex	Not Specified
Target number of participants	Not provided at time of registration
Key inclusion criteria	Consecutive GP surgery attenders fulfilling the following criteria: aged 16-65 years; GP intention to treat for depression or currently being treated for depression; duration of symptoms not more than six months.
Key exclusion criteria	Those suffering from psychotic illness, and those in the recovery phase of an illness.
Date of first enrolment	01/04/2003
Date of final enrolment	30/04/2004

Locations

Countries of recruitment

England
United Kingdom

Study participating centre

National Primary Care Research and Development Centre (NPCRDC)

Manchester
M13 9PL
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

Record Provided by the NHS R&D 'Time-Limited' National Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Government

The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom

Website	http://www.doh.gov.uk

Funders

Funder type

Government

NHS Mental Health National Research and Development Programme

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	01/01/2004		Yes	No