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Exploring the current use of remote assessment questionnaires in outpatient services to assess the feasibility of standardisation

A GENEric Standardised Item Set for remote assessment questionnaires in outpatient services

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN13316603
Enrollment
160
Registered
2025-10-23
Start date
2025-10-15
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-03-30

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Conditions

Generic health relevance Other

Interventions

Qualitative research methods will be used to explore current practices around remote assessment questionnaires (RAQs) and views on when a standardised approach may be of benefit. Three key stakeholder

Sponsors

University of Liverpool
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 110 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Adult patients, carers and members of the public who have experience of outpatient care within the NHS 2. Clinical staff (incl. allied health professionals) working in NHS outpatient services 3. Those with a professional role in health information governance, either within an NHS trust (e.g. Chief Clinical Officers), or within a supporting organisation such as NHS England or Health Data Research UK

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. People under the age of 18 2. People without capacity to consent 3. People with insufficient written and verbal English language to complete consent and data collection

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Remote assessment questionnaires (RAQs) practices and the potential for a standardised approach to their development and implementation will be measured using data collected during the online questionnaire, semi-structured qualitative interviews and Delphi survey during the study

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Current approaches to RAQs within the NHS, including variations in use cases, content, and development methods 2. Taxonomy for RAQ classification based on use case and content 3. Consensus on aspects of RAQs that may benefit from a standardised approach 4. Guidance for RAQ development and use, such as a toolkit 5. Template RAQ for outpatient services to support new questionnaire development or refinement of existing ones

Countries

England, United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactAnna Kearney
a.kearney@liverpool.ac.uk-

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Apr 4, 2026