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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 13 January 2015
Main ID:  ISRCTN25364353
Date of registration: 23/01/2004
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Record Provided by the NHS R&D 'Time-Limited' National Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Public title: Towards appropriate outpatient follow-up of patients with chronic disease
Scientific title:
Date of first enrolment: 01/04/1995
Target sample size: 180
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN25364353
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Randomised controlled trial (Treatment)  
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Contacts
Name:    
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Telephone:
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Affiliation: 
Name: John    Williams
Address:  School of Postgraduate Studies in Medical & Health Care Maes-y-Gwernen Hall Morriston Hospital SA6 6NL Swansea United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0)1792 703531
Email: John.williams@pgms.wales.nhs.uk
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 180 adult patients (78 Crohn's disease, 77 ulcerative or indeterminate colitis, 25 ulcerative or idiopathic proctitis recruited from outpatient clinics between October 1995 and November 1996:
1. Aged over 18 years, either sex
2. Inactive or mildly active but stable inflammatory bowel disease

Exclusion criteria: 1. Active disease requiring treatment
2. Stoma
3. Other disease which required regular follow up
4. Unable to comply with data collection


Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Inflammatory bowel disease
Digestive System
Other noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis
Intervention(s)
1. Open access follow-up in outpatients
2. Standard care
Primary Outcome(s)
1. Generic (36-item Short Form Health Survey [SF-36]) and disease-specific (UK Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire [UKIBDQ]) quality of life measured at six-monthly intervals for two years
2. Number of primary and secondary care contacts
3. Total resource use
4. Views of patients and general practitioners (GPs)
Secondary Outcome(s)
No secondary outcome measures
Secondary ID(s)
PSI05-11
Source(s) of Monetary Support
NHS Primary and Secondary Care Interface National Research and Development Programme (UK)
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
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