Developing primary care services for stroke:Qualitative studies
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Developing primary care services for stroke survivors: Qualitative enquiry into long-term care needs, primary care provision and how it might best be modified
IRAS ID
182927
Contact name
Jonathan Mant
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
Aim: The proposed qualitative research aims to inform the development of the new model of primary care for stroke survivors. We will achieve this through three qualitative studies with the aim to: (1) explore how the needs of stroke survivors and their carers are currently being met and how the new primary care model could best address these needs in the future (study 1), (2) to explore the complementary roles of a specialist and a generalist in stroke care after discharge from the hospital, the avenues of communication between them, and indications for re-referral to specialist care (study 2), (3) to evaluate the appropriateness and feasibility of a brief 11-point checklist to facilitate long-term management after stroke (study 3), and (4) to explore how best to operationalise a single point of contact for stroke survivors in primary care (study 3).
Methods: We will use a combination of qualitative methods: semi-structured interviews with stroke survivors and carers (study 1), focus groups with healthcare professionals: specialists and generalists (study 2), and focus groups with generalists, survivors and carers (study 3). We plan to recruit approximately 50 participants for semi structured interviews (25 survivors and 25 carers) from local GP surgeries in the East of England; to conduct six focus groups of 8-12 participants per group in study 2 across East of England and East Midlands, and six focus groups in study 3 (East of England). The latter will include three groups with healthcare professionals and three with stroke survivors and carers.
Analysis: we will use the Framework method to analyse the data as the basis for evidence synthesis from all three studies.
Expected outcome: The data from the proposed studies will inform the content of a new model of primary care for stroke survivors.REC name
East of England - Cambridge South Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/EE/0374
Date of REC Opinion
5 Nov 2015
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion