Self-efficacy in early physical trauma patients

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  A Study To Examine The Relationship Between Self-Efficacy and the Length of Stay, Complexity and Injury Severity in Early Physical Trauma Patients

• IRAS ID

  180755

• Contact name

  Claire Salisbury

• Contact email

  claire.salisbury@stgeorges.nhs.uk

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 3 months, 0 days

• Research summary

  Since 2012 seriously injured people in England have been taken immediately to one of 25 major trauma centres (MTCs) around the country. A serious injury is also known as a traumatic injury. Unlike district hospitals these centres can provide a comprehensive level of specialised care, which seriously injured patients often need. This study is interested in how confident people feel about being able to do their normal activities following a serious injury. This confidence in our ability to succeed at things is known as self-efficacy. Self-efficacy is an area of increasing interest in healthcare as it has been shown to influence a person's recovery. The study will focus on those who sustained a physical injury e.g. fracture rather than traumatic brain injuries.
  The study involves completing a short paper questionnaire (see attached questionnaire) when the patient leaves one of the three wards from a Major Trauma Centre. The questionnaire asks the patient to rate their general confidence by responding to set questions. These set questions have been used in many studies exploring patient confidence and so are reliable and valid. The patients may be going home, going to another ward, going to their local hospital or going for further rehabilitation. In addition to the questionnaire the researcher will collect data from the medical notes on how long they have stayed in hospital, how complex and severe their injury is, their age, gender, their level of consciousness at the time of their injury and their type of injury. The data will be analysed on computer software with support from a statistician. It is hoped the study will show if there is any link between the severity/complexity of an injury, the length of hospital stay and how confident the patient feels when they leave the Major Trauma Centre.

• REC name

  Yorkshire & The Humber - Leeds East Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  15/YH/0406

• Date of REC Opinion

  28 Aug 2015

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion