Recovery ExperienCE of Pain afTer majOr tRauma (RECEPTOR)
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Patient experience of pain and pain management during recovery from major trauma: a mixed methods longitudinal cohort study
IRAS ID
338023
Contact name
Jason Scott
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Northumbria at Newcastle
Duration of Study in the UK
5 years, 11 months, 29 days
Research summary
Primary Objective
Explore patients’ experience of pain and pain management during recovery from major trauma.Secondary objective
Understand patients’ experience of how pain is perceived to impact long-term patient reported outcomes and quality of life following major trauma.Setting
Single major trauma centre at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne.Method
During a six month period, 120 patients will be recruited. Patient reported outcome measures will be collected at baseline (i.e. during inpatient admission), and repeated at three-months, six-months, nine-months and twelve-months post injury. Dropout rates will be recorded at each time point. Routinely collected patient demographics and inpatient observations will be recorded (e.g. age, sex, mechanism of injury, injury severity score, and employment status, pain scores, medication use and engagement with therapy services) will be collected to further understand patient reported outcome data.A nested sample of up to 20 participants will be recruited to undertake a further study. These participants will be asked to complete a participant diary once per month for a twelve-month duration (12 diary entries in total). These participant diaries will be used to aid memory recall during semi-structured interviews at baseline (i.e. during inpatient admission) and repeated at six and twelve-months post injury. Both the participant diaries and semi-structured interviews will explore the patients’ experience of their recovery period and how pain is perceived to impact it.
Impact
The findings will inform practice and be used to develop patient-centred pain management pathways, encompassing the biopsychosocial elements of the recovery trajectory. The findings will also offer a new level of understanding relating to the transition from acute to chronic pain for this population group.REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - South Yorkshire Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
24/YH/0238
Date of REC Opinion
12 Dec 2024
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion