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ISRCTN
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ISRCTN48353662
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ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
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Public title
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Paediatric preoperative assessment: a randomised controlled trial to compare the competence of nurses and senior house officers (SHO)
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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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SEO077
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Study hypothesis
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To determine whether suitably trained nurses can undertake the pre-operative assessment of children receiving day case or minor surgery as safely and effectively as senior house officers.
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Lay summary
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Ethics approval
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Not provided at time of registration
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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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Paediatric nursing
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Participants - inclusion criteria
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1000 children attending for day case or minor orthopaedic surgery
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Participants - exclusion criteria
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First child on each operating list to avoid delay in starting
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Anticipated start date
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01/10/2000
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Anticipated end date
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01/10/2002
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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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1000
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Interventions
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Preoperative assessment of children for surgery by trained nurse (intervention) or SHO (control).
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Primary outcome measure(s)
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Assessment by paediatric registrar.
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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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NHS Executive South East (UK)
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Trial website
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Publications
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2006 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16634381
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Contact name
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Ms
Helen
Rushforth
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Address
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School of Nursing
Level B South Block
Southampton General Hospital
Tremona Road
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City/town
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Southampton
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Zip/Postcode
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SO15 4GP
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Tel
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+44 (0)23 80 779 085
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Email
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her@soton.ac.uk
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Sponsor
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NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - 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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Fax
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+44 (0)20 7307 2623
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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.doh.gov.uk
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Date applied
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23/01/2004
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Last edited
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12/01/2010
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Date ISRCTN assigned
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23/01/2004
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