PRiORiTy - Feasiblity study

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Patient Reported Outcomes Research in Trauma (PRiORiTy) - A Feasibility Study

• IRAS ID

  272763

• Contact name

  Christel McMullan

• Contact email

  c.mcmullan@bham.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  University of Birmingham

• Duration of Study in the UK

  1 years, 0 months, 31 days

• Research summary

  Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can have a significant impact on mental health, including anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).1 Monitoring these may help to improve care for patients following their injury. Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) may be a particularly effective way to monitor these and other symptoms. PROMs are paper or electronic questionnaires completed by patients themselves, usually to assess their symptoms. They are used to inform patient-centred care and clinical decision making. Although some PROMs are used in the context of traumatic brain injury, we do not know how well these work in a clinic setting. A qualitative study conducted during the first stage of the PRiORiTy project showed that participants had positive attitudes towards an electronic platform to collect PROMs, providing the layout is simple and feedback from clinicians is provided.2 An electronic platform was consequently designed and the usability of this platform is currently being tested.

  Aims
  1. To assess the feasibility of using an electronic PROMs tool (ePROM) on an electronic device. It will assess anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress, quality of life and post-concussion syndrome, as part of routine clinic based follow-up 6 months post TBI.
  2. To evaluate patient and public involvement.

  Methods
  Aim 1 – Observations and semi-structured interviews will be conducted with patients with a TBI taking part in the study and any decliners, and clinicians involved in the study; meta-data from ePROMs;
  Aim 2 – Evaluation of PPI throughout the project using GRIPP-2 guidance

  Funding
  The study is funded by the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (NIHR SRMRC).

  References
  1. Brown L et al. Awareness of deficit following traumatic brain injury: A systematic review of current methods of assessment, Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 2019, DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2019.1680393
  2. McMullan C et al. Care providers’ and patients’ attitudes towards using electronic-patient reported outcomes to support patients with traumatic brain injury (PRiORiTy), Brain Injury, 2020.

• REC name

  West Midlands - Solihull Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  21/WM/0246

• Date of REC Opinion

  23 Dec 2021

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion