The economic and QOL impact of acute urinary stone disease

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  A prospective assessment of the economic and quality of life impact of acute urinary stone disease in a district general hospital catchment population.

• IRAS ID

  207864

• Contact name

  Shalom Srirangam

• Contact email

  Shalom.Srirangam@elht.nhs.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

• Duration of Study in the UK

  1 years, 0 months, days

• Research summary

  The proposal is for a 12-month study which will focus on patients admitted to the East Lancashire Hospital NHS Trust (ELHT) with kidney stones. The study will gather information about the patient's management, the effect of having the kidney stone and collect information with regards to the following aspects:

  - cost of hospital treatment
  - costs for patients after discharge
  - the effect on patient’s daily activities, such as time off work
  - impact on partner
  - cost to economy due to work days lost as a result of the kidney stone

  The data will be collected using 2 short questionnaires and a diary completed by the patient for up to 3-months.

  The background to the study is that kidney stones are becoming more common in the UK. In the UK, someone living up to the age of 70 years has a 12% chance of developing a kidney stone. Also half of all patients (both young and old) may get kidney stones again within 5 years of having their first stones treated. The costs of treating kidney stones, now and in the future, is likely to be a significant problem for the NHS, and yet this is an area that we do not have much detailed information on.

  In ELHT, we admit around 270 patients per year with kidney stones. We have limited information on the direct and indirect costs of kidney stones to the NHS or to the local economy. This unique study will allow us to (i) collect accurate information to help organise local services at the hospital level to improve the quality of care, (ii) inform the NHS both locally and nationally about how much stone disease costs the NHS and (iii) quantify the indirect costs (such as time off work) to the local economy.

• REC name

  North East - Tyne & Wear South Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  16/NE/0349

• Date of REC Opinion

  19 Oct 2016

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion