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Research type: |
Primary Research (e.g. trial) |
Title (lead author) etc: |
Stepped treatment of older adults on laxatives. The STOOL trial (Mihaylov) 160 pages, Volume 12, number 13 |
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Headline: |
Study finds that better patient targeting and efforts to reduce the need for postimplantation hospitalisation are required to improve the cost-effectiveness of implantable cardioverter defibrillators. |
Project ref: |
98/32/99 |
Original project title: |
STOOL - Stepped Treatment of Older adults On Laxatives |
Chief Investigator: |
Professor John Bond, Prof of Social Gerontology and Hlth Servces Resrch, Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University |
Start Date: |
October 2002. |
Publication date: |
May 2008 |
Cost: |
£413,597 |
MeSH* index primary terms: |
CATHARTICS Q-therapeutic-use; CONSTIPATION Q-drug-therapy (* = Medical Subject Headings) |
MeSH* index secondary terms: |
HUMAN; QUALITY-OF-LIFE; CHRONIC-DISEASE; AGED; MIDDLE-AGED (* = Medical Subject Headings) |
ISRCTN* number: | ISRCTN 11557289 (*International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number) URL of this project on the Controlled Trials Website: http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN11557289 |
NRR* number, if applicable: |
N0484112112 (*National Research Register) |
Project Protocol: |
Project protocol not available |
Printed copies of this title despatched: |
106 (Figures relate to the previous calendar month) |
Downloads/Views of electronic version from website: |
1795 (Figures are cumulative.) Last updated 8th July 2008. |
URL of this page: |
http://www.hta.ac.uk/1292 |
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