Use of PROMs in mental health (MH PROMs)
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Use of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMS) in mental health
IRAS ID
121670
Contact name
John E Brazier
Contact email
Research summary
Patient Reported Outcome Measures are questionnaires filled by patients about their health. They are currently being collected for the following areas in the NHS: knee replacement, hip replacement, varicose veins and groin hernia. Currently PROMs are being used mainly by the Department of Health and researchers. However there is evidence mainly from the US, that PROMs can be used by patients and clinicians in consultation to improve health outcomes. The data from the questionnaires can show how individual patients are doing, their response to treatments over time and compared with similar patients. Through a discussion between the patients and the clinician using PROMs data as the basis, it is believed that patients become more involved with the condition, understand their condition better and embrace treatment. This aim of the study is to explore whether patients receiving treatment by the community mental health teams in Sheffield can meaningfully use PROMs to improve health outcomes. Patient representatives, who have expressed an interest in being involved in research at the Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust, will be invited to participate in this study. Focus group interviews and individual interviews will be carried out to understand what types of information patients want to receive from PROMs and how they wish this information be fed back to them. It is expected that all interviews will last between 30 minutes and one hour and a total of about 15 individuals may be interviewed. Prior to the interview, participants will be asked to fill in three short PROMS which will form the basis of the discussion. The data will be analysed using framework analysis aided by the software Nvivo 10. The study is expected to last about 3 months starting in July 2013.
REC name
North East - Tyne & Wear South Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
13/NE/0226
Date of REC Opinion
16 Jul 2013
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion