Health begins at home

Trial of health information interventions for samples of housing association tenants in London

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN96259142

Enrollment

600

Registered

2018-02-13

Start date

2013-03-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-08-26

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Conditions

General health Not Applicable

Interventions

Participants were given a baseline health assessment, after which participants found to have serious untreated health conditions were withdrawn to receive intensive treatment. The remaining pool of 53

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Tenants of Family Mosaic, over 50 years of age

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Tenants found to have serious health conditions

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Measured at baseline assessment, a 9-month intermediate assessment, and a final 18-month assessment: 1. Self-reported health outcomes: general health rating measured using a 5-point Likert scale, average health rating (asked at beginning and end of survey, average of these taken) measured using a 0-10 numeric scale 2. Mental wellbeing, measured using ONS Wellbeing measure, Short Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (SWEMWBS), Loneliness on a 0-10 numeric scale 3. NHS usage: planned GP appointments, emergency GP appointments, planned hospital appointments, Accident and Emergency attendances, and nights in hospital in the last 6 months 4. Number of falls in the last 6 months 5. Self-reported activity and mobility ratings, measured on a 0-10 numeric scale 6. Health behaviours: completion of breast cancer tests, completion of cervical cancer tests, completion of bowel cancer tests, smoking levels, alcohol consumption, completion of blood pressure test	—

Measure

Time frame

Measured at baseline assessment, a 9-month intermediate assessment, and a final 18-month assessment: 1. Self-reported health outcomes: general health rating measured using a 5-point Likert scale, average health rating (asked at beginning and end of survey, average of these taken) measured using a 0-10 numeric scale 2. Mental wellbeing, measured using ONS Wellbeing measure, Short Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (SWEMWBS), Loneliness on a 0-10 numeric scale 3. NHS usage: planned GP appointments, emergency GP appointments, planned hospital appointments, Accident and Emergency attendances, and nights in hospital in the last 6 months 4. Number of falls in the last 6 months 5. Self-reported activity and mobility ratings, measured on a 0-10 numeric scale 6. Health behaviours: completion of breast cancer tests, completion of cervical cancer tests, completion of bowel cancer tests, smoking levels, alcohol consumption, completion of blood pressure test

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
There are no secondary outcome measures	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactStephen Gibbons

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 24, 2026