A randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of community Paramedic Practitioners managing Older People calling 999 with minor conditions

ISRCTN	ISRCTN27796329
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN27796329
Secondary identifying numbers	577/1962

Submission date: 17/11/2006
Registration date: 05/01/2007
Last edited: 08/10/2007

Recruitment status: No longer recruiting
Overall study status: Completed
Condition category: Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr Suzanne Mason
Scientific

Health Services Research
School of Health and Related Research
University of Sheffield
Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
United Kingdom

Study information

Study design	Cluster randomised controlled trial
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	Other
Study type	Other
Scientific title
Study acronym	PPOPS
Study objectives	Aims: 1. Comparing differences in patient experience and satisfaction of community paramedic practitioners with the existing standard service. 2. Comparing the clinical and cost effectiveness of community paramedic practitioners with the existing standard service. 3. Assessing the effects of community paramedic practitioners on ambulance service and Emergency Department (ED) performance.
Ethics approval(s)	The study was approved by North Sheffield LREC on the 31st March 2003, (ref: NS2002 9 1452).
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Minor injuries such as falls, lacerations, epistaxis, minor burns, foreign body - ENT (Ears, Nose and Throat) only
Intervention	Intervention: A community based paramedic scheme intended to deliver patient centred care to older people calling the emergency services with conditions triaged as not immediately life threatening. Control group: Care as usual. In practice, this was an ambulance, followed by conveyance to an ED (unless the patient refused to travel to hospital).
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure	1. Emergency Department attendance or hospital admission between zero and 28 days 2. Interval from time of call to time of discharge 3. Patient satisfaction with the service received
Secondary outcome measures	1. Investigations and treatments prescribed 2. Subsequent use of health services within 28 days 3. Health status and mortality at 28 days 4. Costs
Overall study start date	01/09/2003
Completion date	26/09/2004

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Senior
Sex	Not Specified
Target number of participants	2200
Key inclusion criteria	Patients aged 60 years and above were eligible for study inclusion following a call to the ambulance service if the call: 1. Originated from a Sheffield postcode 2. Was received between 08:00 am and 20:00 pm 3. Presenting with a complaint that fell within the scope of practice of the paramedic practitioners
Key exclusion criteria	No exclusion criteria
Date of first enrolment	01/09/2003
Date of final enrolment	26/09/2004

Locations

Countries of recruitment

England
United Kingdom

Study participating centre

Health Services Research

Sheffield
S1 4DA
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

The Health Foundation (UK)
Charity

90 Long Acre
London
WC2E 9RA
United Kingdom

Website	http://www.health.org.uk/
"ROR"	https://ror.org/02bzj4420

Funders

Funder type

Charity

The Health Foundation (UK) (ref: 577/1962)

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination plan	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	Results	03/11/2007		Yes	No