INPUT questionnaire database
Research type
Research Database
IRAS ID
232817
Contact name
Whitney Scott
Contact email
Research summary
INPUT database
REC name
South Central - Oxford C Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
17/SC/0537
Date of REC Opinion
19 Dec 2017
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion
Data collection arrangements
All patients attending the service are invited to consent to and complete paper based or electronic questionnaires. The questionnaires are stored securely and\nresponses are entered into an annonymised electronic database, which has restricted access to the research team.\nParticipants are informed that their participation in research is voluntary and they have the right to withdraw the information they have shared for research purposes without this affecting their clinical care.
Research programme
INPUT Pain Management Unit provides 2 and 3 week residential multidisciplinary pain management programmes and assessments for individuals with chronic pain. It is an active clinical and research department. Participant data is collected regularly for use by theclinical team during a patient’s attendance at the service. Annonymised data is stored and analysed for both audit and\nresearch purposes. i.) audit: to evaluate our service and current practice, the benefit of which will be to ensure high standards ii.) research: to guide future research developments to contribute to the evidence base for chronic pain\ntreatment. [COVID-19 amendment 06/05/2020] During the Covid-19 pandemic, several questions will be added to the questionnaire packs to capture the specific impact of the pandemic on patients’ pain and physical, emotional, and social functioning. These questions will be removed once they are no longer clinically relevant. During the Covid-19 pandemic, several questions will be added to the questionnaire packs to capture the specific impact of the pandemic on patients’ pain and physical, emotional, and social functioning.
Research database title
INPUT database
Establishment organisation
INPUT Pain Management Unit
Establishment organisation address
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Ground Floor Gassiot House, St Thomas' Hospital
Westminster Bridge Rd, London
SE1 9RT