ASAP 2

  • Research type

    Research Study

  • Full title

    Linking audit with outcome: secondary research analysis of data collected for the Anaesthesia Sprint Audit of Practice (ASAP 2).

  • IRAS ID

    93261

  • Contact name

    Stuart White

  • Contact email

    igasbest@hotmail.com

  • Sponsor organisation

    Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust

  • Research summary

    The Anaesthesia Sprint Audit of Practice (ASAP 1) was designed to audit aneasthetists’ compliance with national standard for anaesthesia administered to patients with hip fracture, using add-on data fields collected by the National Hip Fracture Database (NHFD). Over 11,000 sets of patient data were collected in 3 months in 2013, and reported in January 2014.

    This study, ASAP 2, aims to analyse this data further by researching: (a) how anaesthetic practice is associated with the patient outcomes routinely recorded by the NHFD (mortality, length of stay, return to place of residence); and (2) whether the Nottingham Hip Fracture Score (NHFS) is a valid risk adjustment tool for future NHFD performance comparisons between hospitals in the UK.

  • REC name

    North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee 1

  • REC reference

    14/NS/0024

  • Date of REC Opinion

    12 Feb 2014

  • REC opinion

    Further Information Favourable Opinion