The National Musculoskeletal Audit and Research Database

NCT05842915 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: RG-0359-22
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 22,000
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Developing and testing a musculoskeletal national audit in community/primary care

Conditions

Musculoskeletal Diseases

Keywords

Primary Care; Community; Benchmarking; Audit; Quality Improvement

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• To provide a secure national MSK research database for participating MSK providers to upload their routinely collected data.

  12 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• To develop a standard dashboard and reporting system that supports an ongoing automated process to analyse and present the data for quality improvement purposes.

  12 months

Study Arms (2)

First Contact Practitioner (FCP)

A continuous routine-data cohort study involving FCP primary care services aiming to recruit a minimum of 25patients per service from 10 FCP services, with complete data from at least 25 patients at baseline and 3-month follow up per service for each 12-month period. Data collection will involve: Patient survey (to collect outcomes and experiences) Organisational characteristics (collected via a survey to service leads and via publicly available national sources) Electronic health record (EHR) data (collected via a standardised FCP template and search within EHR systems)

Behavioral: Questionnaire

MSK Community Services

A continuous routine-data cohort study involving MSK Community Services, aiming to recruit a minimum of 250 patients per service from a minimum of 10 MSK services, with complete data from at least 250 patients at baseline and 3-month follow up per service for each 12-month period. Data collection will involve: Patient survey (to collect outcomes and experiences) Organisational characteristics (collected via a survey to service leads and via publicly available national sources)

Behavioral: Questionnaire

Interventions

Questionnaire BEHAVIORAL

Baseline and 3 month questionnaire

First Contact Practitioner (FCP); MSK Community Services

Eligibility Criteria

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

Study Population

22,000 adult patients (over 2-year period), aged 18+ years consulting a) a Community MSK Service or b) a First Contact Practitioner (FCP) service in primary care, for a musculoskeletal pain condition

You may qualify if:

• (MSK Services)
• MSK service seeing adult (+18 years) set in community care
• MSK service with at least 10 WTE HCPs
• System in place for digital collection of PROM/PREM data
• (FCP Services)
• FCP service seeing adult (+18 years) in primary care
• FCP service with at least 1 WTE FCP seeing MSK patients
• Use of EMIS or SYSTMONE
• Able to implement Midlands FCP template
• System in place for digital collection of PROM/PREM data
• (For patients)
• +18 years
• Active phone number or verified email address to participate in the patient questionnaire
• Able to provide informed consent

You may not qualify if:

• (MSK Services)
• \* Secondary care MSK services
• (For patients)
• Has declined for data to be part of research as part of consent process
• Unable to complete surveys due to health issues including severe or terminal illness, severe learning difficulties or psychological disorders

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Keele University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Keele University

Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, United Kingdom

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Musculoskeletal Diseases

Interventions

Surveys and Questionnaires

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Central Study Contacts

Roanna Burgess, Dr

CONTACT

01782733900; r.m.burgess@keele.ac.uk

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: OTHER
• Target Duration: 12 Months
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 24, 2023
• First Posted: May 6, 2023
• Study Start: May 7, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): June 7, 2028
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 7, 2028
• Last Updated: February 5, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

GB (1)