A randomised controlled trial of a lengthened and multi-disciplinary consultation model in a socially deprived community: a study protocol.
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Family and Community Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland-Medical University of Bahrain, Adliya, Kingdom of Bahrain. dwhitford@rcsi-mub.comIssue Date
2007MeSH
AnxietyCultural Deprivation
Depression
Family Practice
Humans
Ireland
Models, Organizational
Mothers
Patient Care Team
Poverty Areas
Primary Health Care
Program Evaluation
Referral and Consultation
Residence Characteristics
Social Problems
Time Factors
Vulnerable Populations
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A randomised controlled trial of a lengthened and multi-disciplinary consultation model in a socially deprived community: a study protocol. 2007, 8:38 BMC Fam PractJournal
BMC family practiceDOI
10.1186/1471-2296-8-38PubMed ID
17598899Additional Links
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2296/8/38Abstract
BACKGROUND: There has been little development of the general practice consultation over the years, and many aspects of the present consultation do not serve communities with multiple health and social problems well. Many of the problems presenting to general practitioners in socio-economically disadvantaged areas are not amenable to a purely medical solution, and would particularly benefit from a multidisciplinary approach. Socio-economic deprivation is also associated with those very factors (more psychosocial problems, greater need for health promotion, more chronic diseases, more need for patient enablement) that longer consultations have been shown to address. This paper describes our study protocol, which aims to evaluate whether a lengthened multidisciplinary primary care team consultation with families in a socially deprived area can improve the psychological health of mothers in the families. METHODS/DESIGN: In a randomised controlled trial, families with a history of social problems, substance misuse or depression are randomly allocated to an intervention or control group. The study is based in three general practices in a highly deprived area of North Dublin. Primary health care teams will be trained in conducting a multidisciplinary lengthened consultation. Families in the intervention group will participate in the new style multidisciplinary consultation. Outcomes of families receiving the intervention will be compared to the control group who will receive only usual general practitioner care. The primary outcome is the psychological health of mothers of the families and secondary outcomes include general health status, quality of life measures and health service usage. DISCUSSION: The main aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a lengthened multidisciplinary team consultation in primary care. The embedded nature of this study in general practices in a highly deprived area ensures generalisability to other deprived communities, but more particularly it promises relevance to primary care. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN70578736.Language
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1471-2296ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1186/1471-2296-8-38
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