Investigation of the Hospital Elder Life Program to prevent delirium
ISRCTN | ISRCTN28213290 |
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DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN28213290 |
Secondary identifying numbers | 8401 |
- Submission date
- 25/05/2010
- Registration date
- 30/06/2010
- Last edited
- 28/10/2022
- Recruitment status
- No longer recruiting
- Overall study status
- Completed
- Condition category
- Signs and Symptoms
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data
Plain English Summary
Not provided at time of registration
Contact information
Dr John Green
Scientific
Scientific
Academic Unit for Elderly Care and Rehabilitation
Duckworth Lane
Bradford
BD9 6RJ
United Kingdom
john.green@bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk |
Study information
Study design | Observational qualitative case study |
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Primary study design | Observational |
Secondary study design | Case-control study |
Study setting(s) | Hospital |
Study type | Prevention |
Participant information sheet | Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet |
Scientific title | An investigation of the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) system of care to prevent delirium: a qualitative case study |
Study hypothesis | Design: Case studies in three hospitals Objectives: 1. Review and adapt the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) for use in the UK 2. Identify strategies to support the implementation of HELP 3. Determine the optimum methods to deliver HELP in routine care |
Ethics approval(s) | Bradford Research Ethics Committee, 26/01/2010, ref: 09/H1302/117 |
Condition | Topic: Generic Health Relevance and Cross Cutting Themes; Subtopic: Generic Health Relevance (all Subtopics); Disease: Health Services Research |
Intervention | Qualitative investigation with NHS staff, hospital volunteers, patient and carer representatives including three, two-hour facilitated workshops in three hospital sites, individual interviews and focus groups. Three workshops in each of the three hospital sites will be undertaken over 12 - 18 months. |
Intervention type | Other |
Primary outcome measure | Qualitative investigation |
Secondary outcome measures | No secondary outcome measures |
Overall study start date | 01/12/2009 |
Overall study end date | 30/11/2012 |
Eligibility
Participant type(s) | Patient |
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Age group | Adult |
Lower age limit | 18 Years |
Sex | Both |
Target number of participants | Planned sample size: 90; UK sample size: 90 |
Participant inclusion criteria | Participants in the study will be NHS staff, hospital volunteers, and patient and/or carer representatives. Following discussion with relevant managers and clinicians, HELP development teams will be set up in three hospitals. Eight to ten staff and others having a potential interest/role in the programme (e.g. senior manager, senior doctor, matron, nurse consultant and/or specialist nurse, staff nurse, therapist, manager of the volunteer service, volunteer, patient representative, care assistant and ward clerk) will be approached for participation. Additionally, a number of other clinical staff and volunteers will be approached for interview and focus group participation. Target Gender: Male and female Lower Age Limit: 18 years |
Participant exclusion criteria | Does not meet inclusion criteria |
Recruitment start date | 01/12/2009 |
Recruitment end date | 30/11/2012 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- England
- United Kingdom
Study participating centre
Academic Unit for Elderly Care and Rehabilitation
Bradford
BD9 6RJ
United Kingdom
BD9 6RJ
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Bradford Royal Infirmary (UK)
Hospital/treatment centre
Hospital/treatment centre
Duckworth Lane
Bradford
BD9 6RJ
England
United Kingdom
Website | http://www.bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk/ |
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https://ror.org/01ck0pr88 |
Funders
Funder type
Government
National Insititute for Health Research (NIHR) (UK) - Programme Grant for Applied Research (PGfAR)
No information available
Results and Publications
Intention to publish date | |
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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 | Not provided at time of registration |
Study outputs
Output type | Details | Date created | Date added | Peer reviewed? | Patient-facing? |
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Results article | 01/03/2021 | 28/10/2022 | Yes | No |
Editorial Notes
28/10/2022: Publication reference added.
04/10/2017: No publications found in PubMed, verifying study status with principal investigator.