HEalth CHecks for adults with learning Disabilities (HECHID)
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Intellectual disabilitiesMental and Behavioural DisordersDevelopmental disorder of scholastic skills, unspecified
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN43324841
- Lead Sponsor
- HS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 150
Inclusion Criteria
1. Adults with intellectual disabilities aged 18 years and over
2. Registered at one of the 60 participating practices
Exclusion Criteria
1. Unable to obtain consent in keeping with the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act (e.g. person delines, their relative declines, they do not have a relative or welfare guardian/attorney)
2. Terminal illness
3. The person's GP considers it inappropriate to invite the adult (e.g. due to family circumstances such as a recent death of a parent)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Between group difference in the incidence of new health needs detected and new health needs being met during the 9 month period following randomisation (data from primary health care records interpreted at the blinded consensus meetings)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Between group difference in the extent of health monitoring needs being met (quality and outcome framework data from primary health care records)<br>2. Between group difference in the extent of health promotion needs being met (data from interview and primary health care records interpreted at the blinded consensus meetings)<br>3. Between group difference in the change in participant/carer rated general health (scores on SF-36 and EQ-5D)<br>4. Between group difference in costs (data from the client service receipt inventory)<br>5. Cost-effectiveness of the intervention compared with treatment-as-usual, in terms of cost per quality adjusted life year