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ISRCTN
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ISRCTN45665423
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ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
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Public title
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The effect of a personalised letter on response rates to a postal questionnaire: a randomised controlled trial
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Scientific title
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Acronym
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N/A
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Serial number at source
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N0311114507
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Study hypothesis
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Does a personalised addressed letter compared with a standard letter increase response rate to a postal questionnaire on service quality sent to people referred to an exercise referral scheme?
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Lay summary
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Ethics approval
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Approval for the study was received in advance from the local research ethics committee and the research governance committee.
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Study design
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Randomised controlled trial
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Countries of recruitment
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United Kingdom
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Disease/condition/study domain
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Exercise referral
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Participants - inclusion criteria
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People living in the community of Bolton who had been referred to the exercise referral scheme over a three year period.
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Participants - exclusion criteria
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Not provided at time of registration
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Anticipated start date
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01/06/2002
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Anticipated end date
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30/06/2003
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Status of trial
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Completed |
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Patient information material
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Target number of participants
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627
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Interventions
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A two-group randomised trial of a personalised letter versus a standard letter.
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Primary outcome measure(s)
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The number of completed questionnaires returned after completing all methods of follow-up.
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Secondary outcome measure(s)
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Not provided at time of registration
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Sources of funding
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Bolton Primary Care Trust (UK)
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Trial website
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Publications
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Results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15537429
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Contact name
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Dr
R A
Harrison
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Address
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Bolton Primary Care Trust
St Peter's House
Silverwell Street
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City/town
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Bolton
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Zip/Postcode
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BL1 1PP
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Tel
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+44 (0)1204 907728
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Fax
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+44 (0)1204 377008
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Email
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Roger.Harrison@bolton.nhs.uk
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Sponsor
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Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2004 Update - Department of Health (UK)
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Address
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The Department of Health,
Richmond House,
79 Whitehall
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City/town
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London
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Zip/Postcode
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SW1A 2NL
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Tel
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+44 (0)20 7307 2622
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Email
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dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
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Sponsor website:
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http://www.dh.gov.uk/Home/fs/en
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Date applied
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30/09/2004
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Last edited
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22/02/2008
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Date ISRCTN assigned
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30/09/2004
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