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ISRCTN
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ISRCTN69035158
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ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
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Public title
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Nurse education to improve knowledge and attitude towards patients with cognitive impairment on medical and surgical wards
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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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N0155153517
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Study hypothesis
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Does nurse education improve knowledge and attitude towards patients with cognitive impairment on medical and surgical wards?
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Lay summary
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Not provided at time of registration
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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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Clustered randomised controlled trial with a crossover
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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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Nervous System Diseases: Cognitive disorders
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Participants - inclusion criteria
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Daytime group of nursing staff on 4 acute wards - 2 medical and 2 surgical.
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Participants - exclusion criteria
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The study is being conducted on four inpatient acute wards and the only exclusion criteria is refusal of consent to participate.
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Anticipated start date
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01/10/2004
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Anticipated end date
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31/10/2005
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Status of trial
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Stopped |
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Patient information material
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'Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
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Target number of participants
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Approximately 150 participants
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Interventions
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The intervention is an education programme comprising of workshops to improve verbal and non-verbal communication skills, valuing independence and respecting personhood which is combined with routine clinical advice from the liaison service. This is compared to a non intervention group which will receive routine clinical advice from the liaison service only.
As of 04/10/2011 this trial has stopped due to a transfer of staff between intervention and control wards.
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Primary outcome measure(s)
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Knowledge and attitudes of general nurses
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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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Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust (UK), NHS R&D Support Funding
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Trial website
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Publications
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Contact name
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Dr
N
Purandare
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Address
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Department of Old Age Psychiatry
University of Manchester
2nd Floor Education and Research Centre
Wythenshawe Hospital, Southmoor Road
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City/town
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Manchester
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Zip/Postcode
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M23 9LT
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Sponsor
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Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2005 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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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.dh.gov.uk/Home/fs/en
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Date applied
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30/09/2005
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Last edited
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04/10/2011
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Date ISRCTN assigned
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30/09/2005
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