PROWeSS
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Patient Report Outcomes and Wellbeing Survey Study
IRAS ID
111454
Contact name
Subashini M
Contact email
Research summary
Outcome measures are key to service evaluation, especially in the era of outcomes-based commissioning. Measuring patients’ experiences of care and treatment highlights areas that need to improve to provide high quality care and enhance patient-led healthcare service.
The PROWeSS study aims to measure the change in wellbeing as well as health gain following groin hernia surgery and cataract surgery. This will be assessed by incorporating subjective wellbeing-based measures into existing outcome measures, by means of a composite questionnaire tool, thereby capturing the global impact of groin hernia and cataract surgery on patients.
The PROWeSS questionnaire consists of patient demographic questions, condition-specific questions, generic health-related questions and subjective wellbeing questions. In this study, we will be using Catquest-9SF questionnaire, Carolina Comfort Scale questionnaire and EQ-5D questionnaire as well as wellbeing questions used by the Office for National Statistics.
We aim to recruit 100 patients in each patient group, ie patients undergoing cataract surgery and patients undergoing groin hernia surgery, and ask them to document their symptoms, quality of life and wellbeing states before, during and after their surgery using the PROWeSS questionnaire.
Baseline symptoms, quality of life and wellbeing scores will be obtained at the pre-assessment clinic where patient will be given the option to participate in this study. Patients who gave informed consent will be followed up with paper questionnaire on the day of their surgery, at 3 months and 6 months after their surgery. Patients can withdraw from this study at any point.
Results will be analysed using suitable statistical analysis. By measuring patients’ wellbeing throughout their treatment experience, we are able to fully appraise the quality of care that they receive, thereby facilitating service improvements at the grassroot level and help value treatments for resource allocation purposes at the policy level.
REC name
North East - Newcastle & North Tyneside 1 Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
14/NE/0068
Date of REC Opinion
27 Feb 2014
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion