Retrospective Analysis of Prosthetic Rehabilitation Outcome Data V1.0
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Retrospective analysis of prosthetic rehabilitation outcome data to evaluate a multi-domain approach to outcome measurement
IRAS ID
297837
Contact name
Chantel Ostler
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Southampton
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 0 days
Research summary
How does a multi-domain approach inform meaningful outcomes following lower limb prosthetic rehabilitation?
We have developed a prosthetic rehabilitation data ecosystem that aims to gather multiple different types of data to provide an all-encompassing view of a patient’s wellbeing and function over time. This ecosystem includes data such as demographics, health care interventions, patient safety, patient experience, health care processes, and health outcomes. A data ecosystem already exists in the patient’s medical record, but there is a need to combine this with data derived from outcome measures to look for trends and relationships over time in order to provide objective support for clinical care and clinical decision making. Therefore, one aim of the current research is to anonymise and then analyse data that has already been collected in the medical records of people who have had a lower limb an amputation and rehabilitation with a prosthetic leg, for trends or relationships that can provide this objective support.
Furthermore, we have developed a unique data fusion model aimed to automate the collection of patient-focused actionable treatment indicators for clinicians. This Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) model automatically combines weighted data from the patient’s ecosystem into a detailed system that provides clinicians with a numerical, multi-dimensional assessment of the patient’s wellbeing and function. Therefore, a second aim of the current research is to evaluate this novel model using the previously collected and anonymized data, and analyse the outputs generated by the model to improve the multi-domain approach.
An approach using previously collected, anonymised data will be used to understand the multi-domain approach to outcomes following prosthetic rehabilitation and the relationships between different outcomes to inform patient care. No participants will be recruited for this study. Data from anonymised electronic clinical records of adult individuals referred for prosthetic rehabilitation at Portsmouth Enablement Centre following a lower limb amputation will be analysed.
REC name
London - Riverside Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
21/LO/0463
Date of REC Opinion
7 Jun 2021
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion