Investigation of the Hospital Elder Life Program to prevent delirium

ISRCTN ISRCTN28213290
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

Academic Unit for Elderly Care and Rehabilitation
Duckworth Lane
Bradford
BD9 6RJ
United Kingdom

Email john.green@bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk

Study information

Study designObservational qualitative case study
Primary study designObservational
Secondary study designCase-control study
Study setting(s)Hospital
Study typePrevention
Participant information sheet Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Scientific titleAn investigation of the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) system of care to prevent delirium: a qualitative case study
Study hypothesisDesign:
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
ConditionTopic: Generic Health Relevance and Cross Cutting Themes; Subtopic: Generic Health Relevance (all Subtopics); Disease: Health Services Research
InterventionQualitative 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 typeOther
Primary outcome measureQualitative investigation
Secondary outcome measuresNo secondary outcome measures
Overall study start date01/12/2009
Overall study end date30/11/2012

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupAdult
Lower age limit18 Years
SexBoth
Target number of participantsPlanned sample size: 90; UK sample size: 90
Participant inclusion criteriaParticipants 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 criteriaDoes not meet inclusion criteria
Recruitment start date01/12/2009
Recruitment end date30/11/2012

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • England
  • United Kingdom

Study participating centre

Academic Unit for Elderly Care and Rehabilitation
Bradford
BD9 6RJ
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

Bradford Royal Infirmary (UK)
Hospital/treatment centre

Duckworth Lane
Bradford
BD9 6RJ
England
United Kingdom

Website http://www.bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk/
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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
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing planNot provided at time of registration

Study outputs

Output type Details Date created Date added Peer reviewed? Patient-facing?
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.