Randomised controlled trial (RCT) of a children's hospital at home service

ISRCTN	ISRCTN11421664
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN11421664
Protocol serial number	RHC18094
Sponsor	NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Funder	NHS Executive North West

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Dr Peter Todd
Scientific

Wirral Hospital Trust
Arrowe Park Hospital
Upton
Wirral
L49 5PE
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 (0)151 604 7343
Email	Peter.todd@whnt.nhs.uk

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title	Randomised controlled trial (RCT) of a children's hospital at home service
Study objectives	To determine the proportion of emergency admissions that can benefit from hospital at home care. To determine effects on: length of stay, readmissions/attendance at Accident and Emergency (A&E) and the primary care team within 90 days of discharge, and quality of life and experience of the service for children and their carers. To determine the cost of providing a hospital at home service.
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Pyrexia, diarrhoea, vomiting, respiratory difficulties
Intervention	Hospital at home nursing care versus conventional hospital care.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	Comparative clinical effectiveness as measured by readmission rate within three months was used as a proxy for parental coping with illness. Length of stay/care and comparative satisfaction of both patients and carers.
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Completion date	01/10/2000

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Child
Lower age limit	0 Years
Upper age limit	15 Years
Sex	All
Target sample size at registration	400
Total final enrolment	399
Key inclusion criteria	Patients of Wirral Hospital Trust aged 0-15 years, requiring: an emergency admission for pyrexia, diarrhoea and vomiting and respiratory difficulties, or considered suitable for early discharge by a Consultant.
Key exclusion criteria	Children considered unsuitable by the GP, assessing doctor or nurse. Patients unwilling or unable to participate. Patients who do not have telephone access (unless the scheme mobile phone is available). Children registered with a GP outside the Health Authority.
Date of first enrolment	01/11/1998
Date of final enrolment	01/10/2000

Wirral Hospital Trust

Wirral
L49 5PE
United Kingdom

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	results	01/11/2002	23/05/2019	Yes	No
Other publications	economic evaluation	01/12/2002	23/05/2019	Yes	No

23/05/2019: Publication reference and total final enrolment added.