PRIME Qual
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A qualitative exploration of the experiences of patients, caregivers/families and hospital/intervention staff of the PRIME Randomised Controlled Trial (PRIME Qual)
IRAS ID
293614
Contact name
Emily Henderson
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Bristol
Duration of Study in the UK
3 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
People living with Parkinson’s Disease and their families and caregivers can face a multitude of different clinical, physical, emotional and social challenges. The current provision of care does not currently provide a service that encourages individualised care. In response, a new model, termed PRIME Parkinson (Proactive and Integrated Management and Empowerment in Parkinson’s Disease) has been developed to manage problems proactively and to deliver integrated, multidisciplinary care. This will be through: 1) personalised care management, 2) education and empowerment of patients and carers, 3) empowerment of healthcare professionals, and 4) support of the previous three components by patient- and professional-friendly technology. The PRIME team will aim to personalise care to the individual’s particular needs and priorities. The additional support they receive might be based around exercise, healthy eating, sleep or medication, depending what is relevant and most important to them.
This study is a sub-study of a randomised control trial (RCT) that is exploring whether this new model of care can support people to live well with Parkinson’s and to get the best out of their lives. The overall aim of this study is to understand if and how the PRIME Parkinson model of care might influence a person with Parkinson’s ability to stay well physically, maintain their psycho-social state and to manage their own disease.
In this study we will be inviting people who are either receiving usual care or the additional PRIME intervention at the Royal United Hospital in Bath, to speak to us about their experiences including patients, their family members or caregivers and staff involved in the care of people with Parkinson’s which we will add to the RCT data to help us evaluate the new model of care. We will conduct semi-structured interviews at three time points over the 2 years involvement in the RCT.
REC name
London - Harrow Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
21/LO/0388
Date of REC Opinion
14 Jul 2021
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion