Reconceptualising PROMs - Feasibility
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The feasibility of conducting a pilot randomised controlled trial on PROMs in specialist musculoskeletal care for low back pain
IRAS ID
169386
Contact name
Michelle Holmes
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Southampton
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 7 months, 29 days
Research summary
Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) are questionnaires used to gain information on patient views of their health and health-related quality of life. PROMs are increasingly being used in clinical practice to assess patients’ health, treatment and quality of healthcare.
A project has been set up to examine the effects of using different frequencies of PROMs in chiropractic care for low back pain. This feasibility study will examine recruitment of chiropractors and patients, study design, measurement tools, and participant experience of a trial in order to understand the feasibility of a larger study.
Chiropractors working in musculoskeletal healthcare clinics will be invited to take part. Three chiropractors will be recruited to the feasibility study. Each clinician will then be randomised to one of three groups: minimal PROM data, routine PROM data, and intensive PROM data. Patients being referred to these practitioners for chiropractic treatment for low back pain will be asked if they would like to take part in the study. 12 patients will be asked to complete PROMs at various stages during their treatment, depending on which chiropractor they have been booked in with.
Some treatment sessions will be audio-recorded, with patients being given the option to opt out of this part of the study. The audio-recordings of patient-chiropractor encounters during treatment sessions will examine using PROMs in routine clinical practice and identify any problems of a research study in this setting. After the final PROMs have been completed at 90 days, interviews will be conducted with all the included patients and chiropractors.REC name
South Central - Berkshire Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/SC/0025
Date of REC Opinion
13 Jan 2016
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion