Care of minor injuries by emergency nurse practitioners or junior doctors: a randomised controlled trial

ISRCTN	ISRCTN12392192
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN12392192
Protocol serial number	N/A
Sponsor	NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Funder	NHS Executive Trent (UK)

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Dr J Wardrope
Scientific

Department of Accident and Emergency Medicine
Northern General Hospital
Sheffield
S5 7AU
United Kingdom

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title
Study objectives	To compare the package of the care for patients with minor injuries provided by nurse practitioners with that provided by junior doctors.
Ethics approval(s)	Ethical approval was obtained for the study from the local research ethics committee.
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Burns
Intervention	Care by junior doctor versus care by nurse practitioner
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	Adequacy of care provided by the nurse practitioner or junior doctor.
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	1. Patient's satisfaction with the quality of their care 2. Improvement and return to usual activities 3. Need for unplanned follow-up
Completion date	04/08/1997

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Not Specified
Sex	Not Specified
Key inclusion criteria	Patients presenting at accident and emergency department with minor injuries.
Key exclusion criteria	Not provided at time of registration
Date of first enrolment	10/02/1997
Date of final enrolment	04/08/1997

Department of Accident and Emergency Medicine

Sheffield
S5 7AU
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	16/10/1999		Yes	No