Risk factors for and economic impact of Campylobacter infection v1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A questionnaire study into the prevalence of risk factors for and economic impact of Campylobacter infection on patients with notified laboratory-confirmed cases in the East Midlands.
IRAS ID
169912
Contact name
Tim Card
Contact email
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 3 months, 19 days
Research summary
This research is aiming to investigate the prevalence of Campylobacter patients’ exposures to known Campylobacter risk factors, and the economic impact that the infection has had on them (for example whether they spent time in hospital or had time off work, and whether the illness impaired their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities). The research will be conducted via an online questionnaire, administered to a sample of patients in the East Midlands with laboratory-confirmed Campylobacter infection that have been notified to Public Health England between April and June 2015. A sample of notified cases will be sent a briefing note explaining the purpose of the research and inviting them to participate, including the web address of the online questionnaire. Interested participants will be able to go to the link and answer questions regarding their experience of the disease. The online questionnaire will not ask for any patient identifiable information.
This study will contain a pilot phase in early 2015, during which the questionnaire will be administered to a smaller sample of newly notified Campylobacter cases. This will enable the researchers to gauge the response rate to this questionnaire for each age and gender group, to help inform the decision regarding the number of patients to invite to participate in the main phase. In addition, extra questions regarding the usability of the questionnaire will be included in this pilot version, to try to identify any problems with clarity of the questions or ease of use of the online survey tool so that these can be corrected before the main survey phase.
This research will also include an epidemiological analysis of existing anonymised notification data to identify any seasonal trends in infection rates, and gauge whether the respondents to the questionnaire are a representative sample.
REC name
North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee 2
REC reference
15/NS/0015
Date of REC Opinion
20 Feb 2015
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion