Footprints in primary care

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Topic: Primary Care; Subtopic: Primary care; Disease: All Diseases; Signs and Symptoms

• Registration Number: ISRCTN62939408
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Bristol

Brief Summary

2019 results in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31049406 (added 21/02/2020) 2019 qualitative study results in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31481017 (added 09/04/2020)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-06-24
• Study Completion: 2015-08-31
• Last Update Posted: 27 April 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 96

Inclusion Criteria

1. Registered patient at one of the study practices
2. Patients aged =18 years
3. Within top 3% attenders in the 12 months prior to commencement of records search

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients whose attendance can be accounted for by a diagnosed physical or mental illness
2. Patients with life-threatening illness such as cancer
3. Patients over 80 years with 4+medical problems
4. Patients at high risk of hospital admission
5. Patients undergoing distressing one-off events such as bereavement
6. Vulnerable adults and patients without capacity to provide informed consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The primary outcome measure will be difference in number of consultations (including consultation type), hospital admissions, tests/investigations, referrals and prescriptions extracted from the patient record between baseline and 12 months. items not available from this source will be obtained using a specially designed patient questions to be completed at 6 and 12 months.