STAR IMPARt: Investigating the management of pain after replacement
Research type
Research Study
Full title
STAR IMPARt: Investigating the management of pain after replacement
IRAS ID
191672
Contact name
Rachael Gooberman-Hill
Contact email
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
CT1981, University of Bristol Insurance
Duration of Study in the UK
3 years, 7 months, 27 days
Research summary
Title: STAR IMPARt: Investigating the management of pain after replacement
We know that around one in five people who have a total knee replacement operation will have long-term pain afterwards. This is a problem because people have knee replacements to relieve pain, and so pain afterwards means that the operation has not completely succeeded. As with other long-term pain problems, people with long-term pain after knee replacement may make limited or no use of healthcare services and may have unmet healthcare needs. The average age for total knee replacement is 70 years and older people are more likely to have multiple health conditions and may believe that pain is inevitable and that little can be done about it.
Our objectives are to explore the reasons that some people with long-term pain after knee replacement choose not to use healthcare services, or use them very little. We aim to develop guidance for patients and health professionals about how best to engage people with long-term post-surgical pain with healthcare services.
We will interview up to 40 patients with long-term pain after total knee replacement who have made little or no use of formal healthcare services for ongoing pain. Patients who have received surgery at one of 2 UK NHS hospital orthopaedic centres will be invited to take part in the study. The interviews will be face-to-face with an experienced researcher. During the interviews we will explore topics such as experience of pain after surgery, pain in relation to other illness conditions, how pain affects their life, and the decisions they make about using healthcare services. The results of the study will be published in peer-reviewed research journals and a report of the study findings will be sent out to participants who wish to receive one.
REC name
West Midlands - Solihull Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/WM/0469
Date of REC Opinion
7 Mar 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion