Assessing the MSK-HQ
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Piloting and testing of the Arthritis Research UK MusculoSkeletal Health Questionnaire (MSK-HQ): a tool for use across musculoskeletal care pathways.
IRAS ID
168971
Contact name
Andrew Price
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Clinical Trials and Research Governance
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 5 months, 0 days
Research summary
Research Summary:
Patients’ views about their health and quality of care are increasingly valued, leading to a need for patient reported outcome measures (PROMs), which are short self-completed questionnaires designed to capture patient views about their health status.For musculoskeletal disorders, patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) are particularly valued, as individual perceptions of clinical status are considered to be at least as valid as indirect laboratory and radiographic data. However, whilst evidence for PROMs to compare secondary care musculoskeletal services (Orthopaedic surgery such as hip replacements) is publicly available, there are no PROMs tools available that can be used across secondary and primary care services (e.g. physiotherapy, rheumatology and orthopaedic settings).
This project seeks to address this challenge through a collaborative initiative between a diverse range of musculoskeletal research teams. On the first phase of the research project a new questionnaire, which identified key aspects of health, which are relevant and meaningful throughout a diverse range of musculoskeletal patients and clinicians, was developed.
The research team at the Oxford site will now test the measurement properties, acceptability, feasibility and usefulness of the candidate questionnaire for patients undergoing shoulder, hip, and knee joint surgery. In each of the three settings approximately 150 patients will be asked to help with the study, filling out a set of questionnaires, including the candidate tool, in three time points before and after their surgery.
The scores from the candidate tool will be compared to scores from other measurement tools and a set of other specific questions, such as transition questions and patient’s satisfaction with the surgery. From these comparisons we will be able to calculate the measurement properties of the tool under study. Response and completion rates will be used to assess acceptability and feasibility of the new instrument.Lay Summary of Results:
We have developed a functioning validated MSK Score that is in widespread use in the NHS.REC name
Wales REC 4
REC reference
15/WA/0040
Date of REC Opinion
3 Mar 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion