MIDAS-GP [Patient facing name: MIDAS-GP Study]
Research type
Research Study
Full title
"Real world" pain outcomes and experiences of care (MIDAS-GP)
IRAS ID
292109
Contact name
George M Peat
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Keele University
Duration of Study in the UK
3 years, 9 months, 0 days
Research summary
This study is one component of the MIDAS programme of research, which seeks to develop and evaluate a place-based system for population musculoskeletal health intelligence across North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent. It addresses an important priority for the NHS: to better integrate data from different clinical settings within the musculoskeletal clinical pathway in order to inform system wide changes that can reduce the burden of common musculoskeletal disorders. To date, meaningful data collected from population level surveys, primary care electronic health records (EHR) and community service providers have not been co-ordinated and linked together to inform public health and primary care policy making.
In order to link data together, we plan to conduct a prospective patient cohort of adults consulting either a GP or a First Contact Practitioner (FCP) at participating GP practices for a musculoskeletal pain condition. The data collected will come from either patient questionnaires, electronic medical record data, or publicly available data on neighbourhood health, assets and deprivation and on healthcare service characteristics.
By linking these sources of data we are seeking to create multi-level data on patient cohorts that enable us to better understand variations in, and determinants of, outcomes in adults presenting to primary care with a common painful musculoskeletal condition. Our intention is for this study to impact on decisions about what information may be most useful and how it might be collected, linked, analysed, and disseminated within routine care.REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - Leeds West Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
21/YH/0178
Date of REC Opinion
10 Aug 2021
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion