Outcomes following Chest Trauma Score
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The creation and field testing of a new rib fracture specific patient reported outcome measure (PROM).
IRAS ID
249817
Contact name
Simon Craxford
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
The University of Nottingham
Duration of Study in the UK
2 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
Trauma remains a major cause of mortality and morbidity. Up to 10% of worldwide mortality is as a result of injury or trauma and blunt force trauma remains a leading cause of death in people under the age of 40. It has been estimated that up to 25% of annual trauma mortality results from chest trauma. 10% of blunt force trauma patients admitted to a major trauma centre will have sustained one or more fractured ribs . Rib fractures are often painful and may cause problems with breathing. We currently have no standard way of measuring how well patients feel they have recovered following their rib fractures.
A patient reported outcome measure (PROM) is a questionnaire used to measure patient reported outcomes (PRO). As a PROM is completed by a patient without the presence of a doctor, it shows how well a patient is doing from the patient’s own perspective.
There is ongoing increasing interest in surgery to fix broken ribs. To establish the outcome of rib fractures and their treatments it is important to know what to measure, and how to measure this accurately. Currently, there is no PROM that has been designed specifically for patients who have broken ribs after chest trauma. We therefore do not know if we are measuring the symptoms that are most important to patients who have broken their ribs. We would like to create new PROM that is specific to rib fracture patients. This will give us a better understanding if a new treatment actually makes a difference to the patient’s recovery. We will be asking for patients with rib fractures to help design and then test our new PROM.
REC name
Wales REC 7
REC reference
18/WA/0379
Date of REC Opinion
8 Nov 2018
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion