Out of hospital cardiac arrest registry patient follow up study (ALPS)
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Out of hospital cardiac arrest registry patient follow up programme: A feasibility study to collect self-reported patient outcomes (ALPS Study)
IRAS ID
327390
Contact name
Alison Coppola
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
03/06/2024, 23-005
Duration of Study in the UK
2 years, 6 months, 0 days
Research summary
Background
Out of hospital cardiac (OHCA) registries have been established to obtain a better understanding on the variation in patient survival and to improve the quality of care and treatment delivered by ambulance services. Registries include key patient data, however, in the United Kingdom, patient reported outcome measures are not routinely collected, therefore, the impacts following resuscitation on quality of life are not known. This makes designing research to improve patient outcomes particularly challenging. To address this, we propose a feasibility study to collect patient reported outcome measures to complete registry data and to understand the barriers of routinely collecting this data.Aim
To establish the feasibility of collecting patient reported outcome measures of survived patients to link with routinely collected OHCA data.Design
A prospective observational feasibility study, with a qualitative element, will be conducted in the South West of England, hosted by South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust.Outcome measures
The primary outcome is the feasibility of collecting patient reported outcome measures, most utilised method of questionnaire administration, response rate, drop off rate, registry integration methods and resource requirement. Secondary outcomes are the patient reported outcome measures; neurologic disability (modified Rankin Scale, mRS) and the health-related quality of life (EQ-5D-5L). The qualitative element will identify facilitators and barriers from experts with experience in routinely collecting follow up data.REC name
South Central - Oxford C Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
24/SC/0263
Date of REC Opinion
10 Oct 2024
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion