My Knee Plan

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Named contact care plan for patients undergoing total knee replacement: intervention development

• IRAS ID

  318565

• Contact name

  Wendy Bertram

• Contact email

  Wendy.Bertram@bristol.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  North Bristol NHS Trust

• Duration of Study in the UK

  1 years, 7 months, 30 days

• Research summary

  In this study, we will make a new personalised care plan for patients having knee replacement. We are doing this to help people get the best possible results from surgery. The care plan will be delivered by a named, dedicated healthcare professional. They will help patients to receive the care, support and education they need before and after their operation.

  Over 100,000 knee replacements are done every year in the UK. Most people recover by three months after surgery. However, one in five people will have ongoing pain and be dissatisfied with their outcome. Patients can feel abandoned after their knee replacement operation. Some people report a lack of continuity of care and having to tell their story repeatedly to different health professionals. In other medical conditions, patients have a named contact, such as a specialist nurse. They can help people to prepare for surgery, answer questions, check on general health and provide information. This approach may be useful for patients before and after knee replacement.

  We will set up a group of patients, health professionals and researchers. They will work together as equal partners to design the care plan. This approach is called co-production. To help the group design the care plan, we will do three studies:

  1) Collect information from hospitals to understand why operations are cancelled
  2) Talk to patients and health professionals about what the care plan should include
  3) Do a questionnaire study with patients and health professionals to agree what should be in the care plan

  Findings will be discussed by the co-production group and used to design the care plan. By the end of the study, we will have a final care plan. We will then apply for funding to do more research to test the care plan and see if it is helpful to patients.

• REC name

  HSC REC A

• REC reference

  23/NI/0053

• Date of REC Opinion

  4 Apr 2023

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion