Investigating staff & patients' risk attitudes in acute medicine
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A questionnaire-based study to investigate the risk attitudes of staff and patients in acute medical assessment areas
IRAS ID
259571
Contact name
Daniel Lasserson
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Birmingham
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, months, days
Research summary
This study will seek to understand the risk preferences and tolerance of staff and patients within a range of Ambulatory Care and front-door services within the UK.
'Ambulatory Care' refers to the provision of acute healthcare, with an out-of-hospital component which replaces in-hospital care, and although it has been shown to be equivalent to, or superior to, inpatient admission in terms of clinical outcomes and patient and/or carer satisfaction, it is suggested that it may be being under-utilised. One potential reason for this may be the inherent risk in managing acutely ill patients at home which some staff and patients may perceive.
This may also be true in front-door services, where a multi-disciplinary team manages those patients who cannot be discharged directly from the emergency department, but are not expected to have a long admission.
This study therefore aims to better understand this aspect of 'location of care' decisions by recruiting staff and patients within Ambulatory Care and front-door services in the UK, and requesting that they complete a series of questionnaires which elicit their attitudes about, and tolerance of, risk.REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - Leeds East Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
20/YH/0072
Date of REC Opinion
3 Mar 2020
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion