Evaluation of an In-Patient Diabetes Specialist Nurse Service

ISRCTN	ISRCTN28282722
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN28282722
Protocol serial number	N0283124724
Sponsor	Department of Health
Funder	Sussex NHS Research Consortium (UK)

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Mrs Sara DaCosta
Scientific

Worthing & Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust
Worthing Hospital
Lyndhurst Road
Worthing
BN11 2DH
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 (0)1903 205111 x 5096

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title
Study objectives	Not provided at time of registration
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine: Diabetes
Intervention	This study has a prospective quasi-experimental design and will be implemented in two clinical areas: general and elderly medicine. Nine general and elderly wards will be randomised into control and intervention wards.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Completion date	31/12/2003

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Sex	Not Specified
Target sample size at registration	316
Key inclusion criteria	316 patients, including all adults with diabetes mellitus Type 1 or Type 2, and who are admitted as an emergency admission to the medical and elderly wards due to a diabetes related or unrelated cause.
Key exclusion criteria	Not provided at time of registration
Date of first enrolment	01/01/2003
Date of final enrolment	31/12/2003

Worthing & Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust

Worthing
BN11 2DH
United Kingdom

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
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