| Source of record | UK Trials |
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN18421278 |
| Date ISRCTN assigned | 29/09/2006 |
| Local reference number(s) | N0128162659 |
| Public title | The introduction and evaluation of patient-clinician email communication in Merseyside clinical genetics service |
| Scientific title |
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| Acronym | N/A |
| Disease/condition/study domain | Not Applicable: |
| Study hypothesis | Does email communication have a role in the patient-clinician relationship in clinical genetics? Would patients, who present to the clinical genetics team, use email to communicate with the department? |
| Design/methodology | Randomised controlled trial |
| Research ethics review | No ethics information provided as of 29 September 2006 |
| Countries of trial | United Kingdom |
| Participants - inclusion criteria | 1. Referral to clinical genetics
2. Over 16 yrs of age or the parent/guardian of children under 16 yrs of age
3. With access to email |
| Participants - exclusion criteria | Patients attending for prenatal counselling or predictive testing. |
| Patient information material |
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| Anticipated start date | 20/04/2005 |
| Anticipated end date | 20/10/2006 |
| Status of trial | Completed |
| Target number of participants | 120 participants in total (60 per arm) |
| Interventions | Randomised controlled trial. Intervention group: email address and telephone number. Control group: telephone number only.
Patients will be identified and invited to take part in the study at two separate points in the referral pathway:
1. At the home visit by a genetic counsellor.
2. At the clinic visit by a clinical geneticist and/or Dr Emma McCann. |
| Primary outcome measure(s) | Comparison of "email and telephone" group with "telephone" group only. Is there a difference in the proportions contacting the department? Assess number of contacts per person. |
| Secondary outcome measure(s) | Not provided at time of registration |
| Sources of funding | Liverpool Women's Hospital NHS Trust
NHS R&D Support Funding |
| Sponsor name | Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2006 Update - Department of Health |
| Sponsor details | The Department of Health, Richmond House, 79 Whitehall
London
United Kingdom
SW1A 2NL |
| Sponsor telephone | +44 (0)20 7307 2622 |
| Sponsor email | dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk |
| Sponsor website | http://www.dh.gov.uk/Home/fs/en |
| Contact name | Dr Emma McCann |
| Contact details | c/o Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital
Eaton Road
Liverpool
United Kingdom
L12 2AP |
| Contact telephone | +44 0151 252 5239 |
| Contact fax | +44 0151 252 5951 |
| Contact email | emma.mccann@rlc.nhs.uk |
| More information | For more up-to-date information please go to the ISRCTN link below. |
| Link to record in ISRCTN Register | ISRCTN18421278 |
| Date last extracted from ISRCTN register | 17/04/2008 |
