The National Musculoskeletal Audit and Research Database
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Questionnaire.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Musculoskeletal Diseases. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United Kingdom
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Developing and Testing a Musculoskeletal National Audit in Community/Primary Care
Overview
Developing and testing a musculoskeletal national audit in community/primary care
Detailed description
This project aims to develop, setup and test an MSK national audit which will use patient and clinician inputted data to measure the quality of care for patients presenting in community MSK services and general practice with common MSK conditions. Secondly this project aims to use the national MSK audit information to understand and improve the quality and consistency of care for MSK patients.
Interventions
- Behavioral Questionnaire
Baseline and 3 month questionnaire
Primary outcome measures
- To provide a secure national MSK research database for participating MSK providers to upload their routinely collected data. [Time frame: 12 months]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- To develop a standard dashboard and reporting system that supports an ongoing automated process to analyse and present the data for quality improvement purposes. [Time frame: 12 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
(MSK Services)
- MSK service seeing adult (+18 years) set in community care
- MSK service with at least 10 WTE HCPs
- System in place for digital collection of PROM/PREM data
(FCP Services)
- FCP service seeing adult (+18 years) in primary care
- FCP service with at least 1 WTE FCP seeing MSK patients
- Use of EMIS or SYSTMONE
- Able to implement Midlands FCP template
- System in place for digital collection of PROM/PREM data
(For patients)
- +18 years
- Active phone number or verified email address to participate in the patient questionnaire
- Able to provide informed consent
Exclusion criteria
(MSK Services)
\* Secondary care MSK services
(For patients)
- Has declined for data to be part of research as part of consent process
- Unable to complete surveys due to health issues including severe or terminal illness, severe learning difficulties or psychological disorders
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
United Kingdom · 1 center
- Keele University — Keele
Identifiers
NCT: NCT05842915 · RG-0359-22