Does liaison psychiatry improve the cost-effectiveness of health care delivery to depressed elderly medical in-patients? A randomised controlled trial and cost-effectiveness analysis

Completed

• Conditions: Depression, anxiety, neuroses; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Depressive episode

• Registration Number: ISRCTN46437760
• Lead Sponsor: HS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2004-01-23
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 138

Inclusion Criteria

Patients aged 65 years or over, admitted to general medical wards of a district general hospital (West Suffolk Hospital) with a stay over 5 days, over a period of 15 months (January 2002 to March 2003).

Exclusion Criteria

1. Unable to give informed consent to enter the study due to moderate/severe dementia or other reasons
2. No spoken English
3. Dependent upon alcohol or other psychotropic drugs
4. Due to be transferred or discharged on the day of the initial assessment
5. Too physically ill or too confused to be interviewed

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Resolution of ICD10 depression and change in depression rating measured by the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) at 16 weeks after the initial assessment compared between intervention and comparison groups, adjusted for severity of disability at baseline.