The impact of a specialist outreach team on the quality of residential and nursing home care: A randomised controlled trial

ISRCTN	ISRCTN11810871
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN11810871
Protocol serial number	PSI11-14
Sponsor	Record Provided by the NHS R&D 'Time-Limited' National Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Funder	NHS Primary and Secondary Care Interface National Research and Development Programme (UK)

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Prof Alistair Burns
Scientific

School of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences
University of Manchester
Withington Hospital
Manchester
M20 8LR
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 (0)161 291 3310
Email	A_Burns@fs1.with.man.ac.uk

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title
Study objectives	To evaluate the impact of a psychogeriatric hospital outreach team on the quality of care in nursing and residential homes.
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Mental and behavioural disorders: Depression, anxiety, neuroses
Intervention	The key care staff to the participating residents in the intervention homes received a series of seminars from the hospital outreach team and weekly visits from a psychiatric nurse to assist in developing care planning skills.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	The main outcome measures for residents were cognitive impairment and depression, behaviour disturbance, and active daily living skills. The General Health Questionnaire was used to assess levels of psychological distress amongst care staff and a modified version of the Quality of Interactions Schedule was used to code the quality of interaction between staff and residents. An economic evaluation of the intervention was performed.
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Completion date	31/08/1997

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Not Specified
Sex	Not Specified
Target sample size at registration	51
Key inclusion criteria	Nursing and residential homes in South Manchester. 12 matched nursing and residential homes were randomised to either the control or intervention group. Within each home, 10 residents were selected by staff to participate on the basis that they presented an active care management problem. The key workers to each of the participating residents took part in the training programme. There were 98 staff in total, 51 of whom worked in the homes receiving the intervention.
Key exclusion criteria	Not provided at time of registration
Date of first enrolment	01/10/1995
Date of final enrolment	31/08/1997

School of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences

Manchester
M20 8LR
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	03/07/1999		Yes	No