PROMs Feedback Study
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Integrating Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) into routine primary care for patients with multiple conditions: A feasibility study
IRAS ID
169048
Contact name
Jose M Valderas
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Exeter
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 9 months, 0 days
Research summary
PROMS (Patient Reported Outcome Measures) are questionnaires completed by patients to rate their own health. PROMs can be used for making sure that patients’ needs and priorities are properly taken into account. Currently PROMs are used to measure health gain for patients undergoing specific surgical procedures (for example hip and knee replacements) but there is little evidence for their use in General Practice, where they are not routinely used. PROMs have the potential to improve the quality of healthcare people receive at their GP surgery, and promote a more patient orientated service. For patients with multiple conditions they could be helpful for prioritising their health issues, aligning the views of patients and professionals. However, research is needed to test the feasibility of this.
The aim of this study is to develop and test ways for the efficient collection and feedback of PROMs in General Practice for people with multiple health conditions. In order to do this we will ask patients with different combinations of selected conditions (asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, heart failure, depression, osteoarthritis of the hip and/or knee) to complete PROMs immediately ahead of existing annual reviews, so as to fit into existing delivery of care and minimise disruption to participating patients and practitioners.
Feedback is at the heart of this study: a) PROMs results will be fed back in real time to inform the annual review, to both the patient and the practitioner conducting the review. b) We will also collect feedback from patients and practitioners about whether our method for collecting and feeding back PROMs is valuable and appropriate, and how it can be improved. This will provide us with important information, such as identifying barriers and facilitators, for understanding better ways to administer and feedback PROMs, ultimately informing a more patient focused General Practice.REC name
London - Riverside Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/LO/0148
Date of REC Opinion
21 Jan 2015
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion