Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Linda Gask
ORCID ID
Contact details
National Primary Care Research and Development Centre (NPCRDC)
5th Floor Williamson Building
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)161 275 1848
Linda.Gask@man.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
NMH11C
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
GP practices
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
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
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/04/2003
Overall trial end date
30/04/2004
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant 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.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Those suffering from psychotic illness, and those in the recovery phase of an illness.
Recruitment start date
01/04/2003
Recruitment end date
30/04/2004
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
National Primary Care Research and Development Centre (NPCRDC)
Manchester
M13 9PL
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 Mental Health National Research and Development Programme
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
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
1. 2004 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14971627
Publication citations
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Results
Gask L, Dowrick C, Dixon C, Sutton C, Perry R, Torgerson D, Usherwood T, A pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial of an educational intervention for GPs in the assessment and management of depression., Psychol Med, 2004, 34, 1, 63-72.