Assessment and management of elderly people in the community: a multicentre randomised controlled trial

ISRCTN	ISRCTN23494848
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN23494848
Protocol serial number	G9328038; G9328051; G9319839
Sponsor	Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)
Funder	Medical Research Council (UK)

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Dr Astrid Fletcher
Scientific

Department of Epidemiology and Population Sciences
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Keppel St
London
WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title
Study objectives	To determine: 1. The optimum methods of assessing the elderly (aged 75 years and over) in primary care as required by the GP contract (through identifying disease and need) 2. The optimum model of management of elderly participants identified by the above assessment process. The study will compare assessments at different levels (brief health interview and detailed health assessment) and by different methods of administration (postal, lay interviewer, practice nurse). Two different management models will be compared: the primary care team and a multidisciplinary geriatric team.
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration.
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Gerentology
Intervention	Brief health interview/detailed health assessment. Postal/lay interviewer/practice nurse. Primary care team/multidisciplinary geriatric team.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	Mortality, hospital and institutional admissions, quality of life (in a random sample of 24 practices) and use of services (in a random cross sectional samples measures at different time periods).
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Completion date	31/12/2001

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Senior
Sex	All
Target sample size at registration	50000
Key inclusion criteria	All people on the GP register eligible for the over 75 check in the year following practice randomisation and training.
Key exclusion criteria	Patients in long stay care, Nursing Homes or patients who are terminally ill.
Date of first enrolment	01/04/1994
Date of final enrolment	31/12/2001

Department of Epidemiology and Population Sciences

London
WC1E 7HT
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:	01/11/2004		Yes	No
Protocol article	Study protocol:	25/10/2002		Yes	No