Core outcomes for burn care research COSB version 1.0
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Optimising evidence-based decision-making for patients with Burns by the development of a Core Outcome Set and the identification of outcome measurement tools (COSB).
IRAS ID
221625
Contact name
Amber E R Young
Contact email
Duration of Study in the UK
3 years, 0 months, 4 days
Research summary
The aim is to establish the most important outcomes for burned patients, families, professionals and NHS for use in research and to determine how to measure these practically and reliably.
50,000 children are seen in A&E and 30,000 patients (all ages) require admission for burn care in England and Wales each year.
Early measures of recovery (outcomes) include length of hospital stay, infection and healing time. Longer-term issues are with movement, scarring, pain and psychological health. Currently researchers use different outcomes to assess care and new technology. Using the same outcomes will allow accurate effective research comparison to determine best care for patients.
The full study will include a review of burn care research to find all outcomes and measurement tools to inform a long-list.
This long-list will be added to by interviewing approximately 20 - 30 consenting/assenting children of more than 10 years, parents of burned children of any age and adults with burns of different sizes and types. Participants will be asked what matters during recovery from a burn. Interviews will be in a location chosen by the participant. No interviews will occur within one month of injury and many will be several months or years later. Similar numbers of multi-disciplinary staff will be interviewed. Interviews will continue until no new information is collected.
This long-list will be turned into a 30-60 minute questionnaire and sent to consenting patients and professionals. Items will be scored for importance in participants’ own time. Results will be fed-back for completion once or twice more, with participants taking into account other’s views. Highest scoring items will be kept; less important items discarded. Patients can withdraw at any time.
The final list will be taken to meetings with professionals and patients to agree the core outcome set.I will then work with patients and professionals to agree outcome measurement tools.
REC name
South West - Frenchay Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
17/SW/0025
Date of REC Opinion
24 Feb 2017
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion