Status:
COMPLETED
Trial of a Medical and Mental Health Unit for Older People
Lead Sponsor:
University of Nottingham
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute for Health Research, United Kingdom
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Conditions:
Dementia
Confusion
Eligibility:
All Genders
65-120 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This research is an evaluation of the MMHU compared to standard care. Patients who are over 65 and 'confused' at admission will be randomly allocated to the MMHU or standard care. The MMHU does not ha...
Detailed Description
The objectives of this study are: 1. To evaluate whether a specialist multidisciplinary MMHU for older people with 'confusion', admitted to a general hospital as an emergency, is associated with bett...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patient participants will be over 65, admitted as an emergency to Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust, with an established or possible physical health problem and concurrent 'confusion', clinically eligible for management on the Medical and Mental Health Unit.
- Carer participants will be a family member or carer, in regular contact with the patient participant, to serve both as an informant, and, and to study carer health and outcomes.
- Confusion will be loosely defined, including working diagnoses of:
- Delirium
- Dementia
- Dementia with a suspicion of super-added delirium
Exclusion
- Those who require sectioning under the Mental Health Act
- Those with intoxication to illicit drugs or alcohol, or the immediate care of patients with overdose
- Those with a primary psychiatric problem in the absence of suspected significant physical or functional co-morbidity.
- Those who are severely medically ill, requiring intensive monitoring or therapy (critical care), or sub-specialist medical intervention (e.g. severe acute GI bleeding, respiratory support).
- Those with an overriding clinical need for management in another service e.g. stroke, orthogeriatric, renal, oncology.
- Those with personality disorder, depression or anxiety as the primary psychiatric diagnosis.
- Those who are registered with a non - Nottingham Primary Care Trust General Practitioner.
- Those who do not speak English and have no family translator.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2010
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
600 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01136148
Start Date
July 1 2010
End Date
June 1 2012
Last Update
December 3 2015
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Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, NG7 2UH