Stratified Care - workpackage 4 (TAPS)
Chief Investigator: |
Prof Nadine Foster |
Principal Investigator: |
Dr Jonathan Hill |
Study Coordinator: |
Andrea Cherrington |
Funder name / reference number: | NIHR Programme grant for Applied Research (PGfAR) |
Year | Over 3 years |
Study design
A two arm cluster randomised controlled trial involving 30 GP practices
Primary objective
Investigate if prognostic stratified primary care is clinically effective and cost-effective at 6 months compared with usual non-stratified GP care.
Secondary aims:-
1 Examine whether stratified care changes GP practice behaviour
2 Compare stratified care with usual care for patients in each risk strata
3 Ascertain patients’ understanding and responses to stratified care
Interventions
The active intervention is stratified care involving the STarT MSK Tool and matched treatment options for patients at low, medium and high risk of persistent disabling pain. The control treatment is usual GP care.