Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
AM1/08/007
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Respiratory liaison nurses are being increasingly used in hospital management of asthma patients, but there has been little evaluation of discharge planning by controlled randomised studies. This controlled study will be carried out in all medical ward (respiratory and non respiratory) in a major teaching hospital, to assess whether a protocol for discharge planning enacted by a trained respiratory nurse can improve clinical management, patient outcomes and GP-hospital exchange of information.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration.
Study design
Controlled study
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Condition
Respiratory tract diseases: Asthma
Intervention
1. Provision of discharge planning by respiratory liaison nurse
2. Standard care
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Assessment at 1 month and 12 months after discharge of symptom free days, quality of life, re-admission and emergency attendances, attitudes and beliefs about asthma, self care and satisfaction with hospital care.
There will also be a telephone follow up assessing morbidity at 6 months. GP satisfaction with the information provided through discharge planning and its use in GP follow up is also assessed. Clinical outcomes, morbidity and patient resource use are used to estimate the cost effectiveness of discharge planning.
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration.
Overall trial start date
01/03/1998
Overall trial end date
30/06/2001
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
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
01/03/1998
Recruitment end date
30/06/2001
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Chest Clinic
Aberdeen
AB24 5AU
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 Asthma National Research and Development Programme (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
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
1. 2002 results in www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12324673
Publication citations
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Results
Osman LM, Calder C, Godden DJ, Friend JA, McKenzie L, Legge JS, Douglas JG, A randomised trial of self-management planning for adult patients admitted to hospital with acute asthma., Thorax, 2002, 57, 10, 869-874.