BACKGROUND Palliative care has been proposed for progressive non-cancer conditions but there have been few evaluations of service developments. We analysed recruitment, compliance and follow-up data of a fast track (or wait list control) randomised controlled trial of a new palliative care service - a design not previously used to assess palliative care. METHODS/DESIGN An innovative palliativ...

OBJECTIVES To describe the design and baseline population characteristics of an adapted lifestyle intervention trial aimed at reducing weight and increasing physical activity in people of Indian and Pakistani origin at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes. DESIGN Cluster, randomised controlled trial. SETTING Community-based in Edinburgh and Glasgow, Scotland, UK. PARTICIPANTS 156 famil...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of adding 1 mg dexamethasone to syringe drivers on the viability time of subcutaneous cannulation sites in palliative care patients. DESIGN Prospective, double-blind, randomised, controlled trial in which patients received half their daily infused medications plus 1 mg dexamethasone in 1 mL saline through one subcutaneous site (test site) and the other half of t...

Background: The present study aims at comparing efficacy and safety of two different regimens induction labour (IOL) in pregnancies with fetal demise.
 Settings Design: A randomised controlled trial was conducted on 100 eligible pregnant women diagnosed intrauterine demise who were admitted the ward a tertiary care hospital.
 Methods: All participants randomly divided into groups grou...

BACKGROUND The CONSORT Statement is an evidence-informed guideline for reporting randomised controlled trials. A number of extensions have been developed that specify additional information to report for more complex trials. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of using a simple web-based tool (WebCONSORT, which incorporates a number of different CONSORT extensions) on the completen...

BACKGROUND There appears to be consensus that patients with only one or two prior depressive episodes do not benefit from treatment with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT). AIMS To investigate whether the effect of MBCT on residual depressive symptoms is contingent on the number of previous depressive episodes (trial number NTR1084). METHOD Currently non-depressed adults with residu...