ATTENTION Study
Research type
Research Study
Full title
pATienT ExperieNces wiTh covId fOllow-up clinic
IRAS ID
316608
Contact name
Ben Marshall
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University Hospital Southampton
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
NCT05799482, Clinicaltirls.gov
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 11 months, 30 days
Research summary
People who are older, those who had underlying other health conditions and people living in poorer communities are at increased risk of complications and worse outcome from COVID-19. They are more likely to be admitted to hospital with this virus. In the UK in 2020, over 130,000 people were admitted to hospital with COVID-19. Whilst admission rates fell since then, we need to understand better the potential impact of the many symptoms resulting from a COVID-19 infection on patients and the health services. To achieve this, the respiratory team in the University Hospital set up a COVID-19 follow-up clinic for patients who had COVID-19 infection. In this clinic, for a period of 12 weeks patients have chest X-rays, blood tests and virtual medical consultations. The clinic has been running for three years.
We will conduct this study to understand the expectations, preferences and experiences of patients who have been receiving care in the clinic. On one hand, we will interview patients who have received care in the clinic during the last year. On the other hand, we will interview patients who have been newly referred to the clinic before they start it and we will also ask them after 12 weeks how their expectations have been met. Patients will be identified by their clinical team and after consenting to take part in the study, they will be interviewed by qualitative researchers who will also analyse the interview data using scientific methods. The results of this study will help us understand whether we need to make changes to this clinic and also inform future similar services should they be needed.REC name
South Central - Berkshire B Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
23/SC/0203
Date of REC Opinion
5 Jun 2023
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion