PR - PC_PMOS Validation study

  • Research type

    Research Study

  • Full title

    Primary Care Patient Measure of Safety: Validation study of a questionnaire to promote patient involvement in safety in primary care

  • IRAS ID

    198334

  • Contact name

    Sally Giles

  • Contact email

    sally.giles@manchester.ac.uk

  • Sponsor organisation

    The University of Manchester

  • Duration of Study in the UK

    0 years, 6 months, 1 days

  • Research summary

    Primary care is the first point of contact with the healthcare system for the majority of patients. But there is little research available that helps us understand how to improve safety. One way is to involve patients. Patients from hospital settings are often aware of issues around patient safety and have been able to identify when things go wrong. Patient feedback tools have been developed to capture what patients think contribute to errors in hospitals. This feedback has been used to reduce mistakes and improve care delivery. Developing a similar tool for primary care settings is needed.

    Using the hospital patient measure of safety (PMOS) tool as a guide, we adapted it for the primary care setting. To do this we used the existing survey questions from the hospital based PMOS survey, data from interviewed primary care patients about their views on safety, and the available literature to develop specific survey questions for the primary care setting. An expert panel representing academics, members of the public and health professionals agreed on what questions should be included. The survey was then pilot tested with patients and health professionals in Australia and the UK. This part of the project aims to validate the PC-PMOS questionnaire with 500 patients in 10 GP practices in Greater Manchester.

  • REC name

    South East Scotland REC 01

  • REC reference

    16/SS/0096

  • Date of REC Opinion

    27 Apr 2016

  • REC opinion

    Favourable Opinion