A pilot patient preference randomised controlled trial of admission to a women's crisis house compared with psychiatric hospital admission

ISRCTN	ISRCTN20804014
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN20804014
Protocol serial number	N/A
Sponsor	Institute of Psychiatry (UK)
Funder	Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK) (Ref: G0401241; grant ID: 71994)

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Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Dr Louise Howard
Scientific

PO29 Section of Community Mental Health
Health Services Research Department
Institute of Psychiatry
De Crespigny Park
London
SE5 8AF
United Kingdom

Email	l.howard@iop.kcl.ac.uk

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Patient preference randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title
Study acronym	CHOICES
Study objectives	Primary hypothesis: Women admitted to women's crisis houses have higher levels of satisfaction with services compared with women admitted to traditional psychiatric wards. Secondary hypotheses: Women admitted to women's crisis houses compared with women admitted to traditional psychiatric wards: 1. Perceive themselves to be less stigmatised on follow-up 2. Have fewer service contacts and lower costs of care 3. Have a higher quality of life 4. Have fewer unmet needs 5. Feel they are less coerced 6. Have a greater improvement in symptomatology
Ethics approval(s)	National Hospital for Neurology REC gave provisional ethical approval on the 30th of November 2006 (reference number is 06/Q0512/104).
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Any psychiatric disorder requiring admission to hospital or women's crisis house.
Intervention	Admission to women's crisis house compared with admission to traditional psychiatric wards.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	Satisfaction with services.
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	1. Stigma 2. Coercion 3. Contact with services and costs 4. Quality of life 5. Unmet needs 6. Symptoms
Completion date	31/12/2007

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Sex	Female
Target sample size at registration	75
Key inclusion criteria	All consenting women requiring admission as a psychiatric inpatient or women's crisis house resident.
Key exclusion criteria	Women who do not consent to take part in the study.
Date of first enrolment	01/02/2007
Date of final enrolment	31/12/2007

PO29 Section of Community Mental Health

London
SE5 8AF
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	01/08/2010		Yes	No
Study website	Study website	11/11/2025	11/11/2025	No	Yes