Specialty: Health services and delivery research, Primary sub-specialty: Health Services and Delivery Research
Conditions
Interventions
All eligible consenting participants, who return a completed baseline questionnaire, will be sent a weekly text message requesting slips data. Eligible participants who return a valid baseline questio
Sponsors
University of York
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Current inclusion criteria as of 02/08/2018: 1. Aged 18 years and over 2. Are NHS employees, who have at least six months remaining on their work contract 3. Are required to adhere to a dress code policy 4. Work at least 60% WTE 5. Work in clinical areas (including wards, outpatient clinics, patients’ homes), cafeterias, food preparation areas or areas where food is served or in the general hospital environment (including all clinical/catering areas in addition to the hospital stairs and corridors) 6. Have a mobile phone and agree to receive and send outcome data via text messages Previous inclusion criteria: 1. Aged 18 years and over 2. Are NHS employees, who have at least six months remaining on their work contract 3. Are required to adhere to a dress code policy 4. Work at least 80% WTE 5. Work in clinical areas (including wards, outpatient clinics, patients’ homes), cafeterias, food preparation areas or areas where food is served or in the general hospital environment (including all clinical/catering areas in addition to the hospital stairs and corridors) 6. Have a mobile phone and agree to receive and send outcome data via text messages
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Current exclusion criteria as of 02/08/2018: 1. Do not have a mobile phone or are unwilling/unable to receive/send text messages 2. Are provided with protective footwear by their employer 3. Temporary or agency staff 4. Staff who have less than 6 months remaining on their employment contract 5. Staff who work in office based areas 6. Staff who are not employed by the NHS 7. Staff who work less than 0.6 WTE Previous exclusion criteria from 28/02/2018 to 02/08/2018: 1. Do not have a mobile phone or are unwilling/unable to receive/send text messages 2. Are provided with protective footwear by their employer 3. Temporary or agency staff 4. Staff who have less than 6 months remaining on their employment contract 5. Staff who work in office based areas 6. Staff who are not employed by the NHS 7. Staff who work less than 0.8 WTE Previous exclusion criteria: 1. Do not have a mobile phone or are unwilling/unable to receive/send text messages 2. Are provided with protective footwear by their employer 3. Required to wear prescribed orthopaedic footwear or their footwear requires modifications to their work shoes by an orthotist 4. Temporary or agency staff 5. Staff who have less than 6 months remaining on their employment contract 6. Staff who work in office based areas 7. Staff who are not employed by the NHS 8. Staff who work less than 0.8 WTE
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Incidence rate of self-reported slips in the workplace reported via weekly text messages over 14 weeks | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Current secondary outcome measures as of 31/05/2018: 1. Time in days from randomisation to date of first fall as reported on final questionnaire at 14 weeks 2. Time in days from randomisation to date of first slip as reported via weekly text messages and follow-up telephone call 3. Incidence rate of self-reported falls resulting from a slip in the workplace reported on final questionnaire at 14 weeks 4. Incidence rate of self-reported falls not resulting from a slip in the workplace reported on final questionnaire at 14 weeks 5. Proportion of participants who report at least one fall on final questionnaire at 14 weeks 6. Proportion of participants who report at least one slip via weekly text messages over 14 weeks 7. Proportion of participants who report a fracture over 14 weeks (numbers permitting) 8. Footwear purchase cost 9. Footwear distribution cost (if significant) 10. Number of full time working days lost due to slip-related injuries over the 14 weeks of the trial, supplemented by Labour Force Survey data on working days lost due to slips, trips and falls. This will be used to estimate temporary staff replacement costs and sickness payments. 11. Healthcare resource use over the 14 weeks of the trial, including hospital admissions, measured by self-report, costed using NHS Reference Costs unit costs database and supplemented where necessary by published data on healthcare treatment costs from relevant injury types 12. NHS Resolution data on non-clinical compensation claims and payments relating to slips under the NHS Liabilities to Third Parties Scheme 13. Duration of cost-effectiveness modelling determined by service life of shoes, estimated from wear on sole of intervention shoes. Measured by participant feedback, visual inspection and slip resistance testing for 15 participants after 6, 9 and 12 months of wear 14. Change in health-related quality of life, measured by EQ-5D-5L for those reporting an injury over the 14 weeks of the trial, compared with gene | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactSarah Cockayne
Outcome results
None listed