A Controlled Evaluation of Benefits of Discharge Planning after Hospitalisation for Acute Asthma.

ISRCTN	ISRCTN93632835
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN93632835
Protocol serial number	AM1/08/007
Sponsor	Record Provided by the NHS R&D 'Time-Limited' National Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Funder	NHS Asthma National Research and Development Programme (UK)

Submission date: 23/01/2004
Registration date: 23/01/2004
Last edited: 10/04/2012

Recruitment status: No longer recruiting
Overall study status: Completed
Condition category: Respiratory

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr James Friend
Scientific

Chest Clinic
City Hospital
University of Aberdeen
Urquhart Road
Aberdeen
AB24 5AU
United Kingdom

Study information

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Controlled study
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study type	Participant information sheet
Scientific title
Study objectives	Respiratory liaison nurses are being increasingly used in hospital management of asthma patients, but there has been little evaluation of discharge planning by controlled randomised studies. This controlled study will be carried out in all medical ward (respiratory and non respiratory) in a major teaching hospital, to assess whether a protocol for discharge planning enacted by a trained respiratory nurse can improve clinical management, patient outcomes and GP-hospital exchange of information.
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration.
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Respiratory tract diseases: Asthma
Intervention	1. Provision of discharge planning by respiratory liaison nurse 2. Standard care
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	Assessment at 1 month and 12 months after discharge of symptom free days, quality of life, re-admission and emergency attendances, attitudes and beliefs about asthma, self care and satisfaction with hospital care. There will also be a telephone follow up assessing morbidity at 6 months. GP satisfaction with the information provided through discharge planning and its use in GP follow up is also assessed. Clinical outcomes, morbidity and patient resource use are used to estimate the cost effectiveness of discharge planning.
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	Not provided at time of registration.
Completion date	30/06/2001

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Not Specified
Sex	Not Specified
Key inclusion criteria	Not provided at time of registration
Key exclusion criteria	Not provided at time of registration
Date of first enrolment	01/03/1998
Date of final enrolment	30/06/2001

Locations

Countries of recruitment

United Kingdom
Scotland

Study participating centre

Chest Clinic

Aberdeen
AB24 5AU
United Kingdom

Results and Publications

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	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	01/10/2002		Yes	No
Participant information sheet	Participant information sheet	11/11/2025	11/11/2025	No	Yes