Day-case endourology; patient experience
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Understanding the patient experience of day-case bladder tumour resection, and prostate resection or enucleation: Qualitative patient interviews.
IRAS ID
327246
Contact name
Alison Kerridge
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Triust
Duration of Study in the UK
2 years, 1 months, 1 days
Research summary
Day-case means avoiding an overnight hospital stay after surgery. Day-case surgery can reduce pressures on hospitals by avoiding an overnight stay. It allows patients to recover in their own home and is likely to be more cost effective and better for the environment because it uses fewer resources.
Urology surgery includes several common operations that can safely be performed as a day-case. These include bladder tumour resection (TURBT) and removal of part or all of the prostate to treat obstruction (TURP/TUEP). These operations involve treating the patient through their natural orifice (urethra) instead of making any cuts to the skin.
In England, the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme recommends that these operations are usually performed as a day-case. Despite this, there is wide variation in day-case rates across England and most of these operations still involve an overnight hospital stay.
We want to know what it is like for patients who go home on the day of surgery after they have had TURBT, TURP or TUEP. The findings will hopefully tell us about how to improve the experience for patients in future.
We will perform the study with hospitals that do day-case surgery for bladder tumours or prostates. Before or after surgery the doctor will ask their patient if they would be willing to be interviewed after they have recovered from surgery. Patients will be given an information leaflet explaining the study, and their details passed to the study team if they might like to take part.
A selection of willing patients will be interviewed. Each patient will be asked about their experience of having day-case surgery. The interviews will be recorded. Afterwards, the research team will study the interviews to find common patient experiences. They will look at how future patient’s experiences could be improved.
REC name
North West - Preston Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
23/NW/0269
Date of REC Opinion
24 Oct 2023
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion