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Publication, Part of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs)
Provisional Monthly Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in England - April 2011 to March 2012, July 2013 release
Official statistics- Publication Date:
- 11 Jul 2013
- Geographic Coverage:
- England
- Geographical Granularity:
- Country, Strategic Health Authorities, Hospital Trusts, Primary Care Trusts, Independent Sector Health Care Providers, Clinical Commissioning Groups, NHS Trusts, Primary Care Organisations, County, Care Trusts, Hospital and Community Health Services
- Date Range:
- 01 Apr 2011 to 31 Mar 2012
Summary
Patients undergoing elective inpatient surgery for four common elective procedures (hip and knee replacement, varicose vein surgery and groin hernia surgery) funded by the English NHS are asked to complete questionnaires before and after their operations to assess improvement in health as perceived by the patients themselves.
This publication contains provisional results for 2011-12 (hospital episode started / pre-operative questionnaire completed between 1 April 2011 and 31 March 2012). Provisional results for 2012-13 are also published - find out more. Provisional headline figures are updated monthly with full data updates quarterly, in February, May, August and November.
PROMs Special Topics
Extended analyses of the latest finalised data are published three times a year. The latest special topic: Complications after surgery, was published on 9th May 2013.
Highlights
For the coverage period 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012.
Chart 1 - Improvement rate (unadjusted scores) by procedure and measure
Participation and Coverage
- There were 247,688 PROMs-eligible procedures carried out in hospitals1 and 184,829 pre-operative questionnaires returned so far, a headline participation rate of 74.6 per cent (69.9 per cent for 2010-11).
- For the 184,829 pre-operative questionnaires returned, 175,171 post-operative questionnaires were sent out2, of which 136,899 have been returned so far - a return rate of 78.2 per cent3 (81.0 per cent for 2010-11).
Unadjusted Scores
Comparing pre- and post-operative 'EQ-5D Index' scores (a combination of five key criteria concerning patients' self-reported general health), an increase in general health was recorded for:
- 49.9 per cent of groin hernia respondents (50.5 per cent for 2010-11)
- 87.3 per cent of hip replacement respondents (86.7 per cent for 2010-11)
- 78.4 per cent of knee replacement respondents (77.9 per cent for 2010-11)
- 53.2 per cent of varicose vein respondents (51.6 per cent for 2010-11)
Comparing pre- and post-operative 'EQ VAS' values (the current state of the patient's self-reported general health), an increase in general health was recorded for:
- 38.8 per cent of groin hernia respondents (39.1 per cent for 2010-11)
- 63.6 per cent of hip replacement respondents (61.4 per cent for 2010-11)
- 53.7 per cent of knee replacement respondents (50.8 per cent for 2010-11)
- 42.0 per cent of varicose vein respondents (39.8 per cent for 2010-11)
Comparing pre- and post-operative responses to condition-specific questions, improvements in patients' conditions were recorded for:
- [There is no condition-specific scoring for groin hernia patients.]
- 95.7 per cent of hip replacement respondents (95.8 per cent for 2010-11) ['Oxford Hip Score']
- 91.5 per cent of knee replacement respondents (91.4 per cent for 2010-11) ['Oxford Knee Score']
- 83.1 per cent of varicose vein respondents (82.5 per cent for 2010-11) ['Aberdeen Varicose Vein Questionnaire']
Methodology Change
Figures produced for this and subsequent publications may differ slightly from previous figures in part because of a change in methodology.
Footnotes
- An 'eligible procedure' is counted for each episode in HES in the period in question which has been clinically coded with relevant hip, knee, varicose vein or groin hernia OPCS procedure codes which make it suitable for inclusion into PROMs. Note that some patients may have undergone more than one PROMs procedure in a single eligible episode, hence there will be more procedures than episodes: this is the case for 56 of the 247,688 procedures.
- Not every pre-operative questionnaire will have a post-operative questionnaire sent out. This may be for a number of reasons including the cancellation of an operation or the death of the patient.
- This will be an underestimate of the true rate due to the time delay in returning post-operative questionnaires.
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