The MSK-Tracker Study

NCT03559205 | Completed Results

• 1 other identifier: RG-0132-16-IPCHS
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 321
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study will co-design and test the feasibility and impact of implementing the Arthritis Research UK Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire (MSK-HQ) using an e-PROM (electronic Patient Reported Outcome Measure) delivered via a digital health platform, with innovative embedded components called the MSK-Tracker. The MSK-Tracker uses the MSK-HQ as a foundation to help patients with MSK pain to:

• track the extent to which they are affected by their MSK condition across different aspects of their health,
• prepare appropriately for their clinical encounters, and
• take the right steps to making positive changes to improve their quality of life and manage their condition over the longer-term. The Study Aims to:
• Test the ability of the MSK-Tracker to act as an empowerment tool and method of facilitating a person-centred care planning approach in routine MSK clinic consultations.
• Assess the value of the MSK-Tracker in generating aggregated outputs that inform MSK service improvement.

Conditions

Musculoskeletal Pain

Keywords

Musculoskeletal; MSK

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Patient Enablement Instrument (PEI)

  A measure of patient empowerment. Scale: Much better / Much more = 2 Better / More = 1 Same or less = 0 Not applicable = 9

  2 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire (MSK-HQ)

  Baseline, 2 weeks and 3 months

• Consumer Health Activation Index (CHAI)

  Baseline, 2 weeks and 3 months

• Valuing Patients as Individuals Scale (Short Version)

  2 weeks

• Global Rating of Change (1 Item)

  2 weeks and 3 months

• The Patient Enablement Scale

  3 months

Study Arms (2)

MSK-Tracker (before)

NO INTERVENTION

Before - (Usual care in clinic consultations)

MSK-Tracker (after)

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

After - (MSK-Tracker in clinic consultations)

Other: MSK-Tracker

Interventions

MSK-Tracker OTHER

The intervention is not a treatment, but involves patients and clinicians engaging with the MSK-Tracker software which will facilitate a new care planning approach with the following distinct components: * Pre-clinic preparation. * Clinic dashboard. * Summary action plan. * Personal goal setting. * Follow-up and monitoring.

MSK-Tracker (after)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Patients aged 18 years and above with an appointment to attend the Staffordshire Musculoskeletal Interface Service for an MSK pain problem will be invited to take part.

You may not qualify if:

• Patients unable to use or access the internet will be unable to take part in this research as well as patients who do not provide informed consent for study participation and data collection. The online system will only be available in English.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Keele University: lead
• Pro-Mapp Limited Company number 10152526: collaborator
• Georgina Craig Associates Limited: collaborator
• University of Oxford: collaborator
• Arthritis Research UK: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Haywood Hospital

Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 7AG, United Kingdom

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Musculoskeletal Pain

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Muscular Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Limitations and Caveats

This project was limited to a single clinical site and to the specific context of an interface clinic setting in between community care and secondary care services within the NHS.

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Jonathan Hill
• Organization: Keele University

j.hill@keele.ac.uk

01782 733900

Study Officials

• Jonathan Hill, Dr

  Keele University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: Yes

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: SEQUENTIAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Before and after comparative study

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 17, 2018
• First Posted: June 18, 2018
• Study Start: July 10, 2018
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2019
• Study Completion: December 30, 2019
• Last Updated: November 10, 2021
• Results First Posted: November 10, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

GB (1)