The National Musculoskeletal Audit and Research Database

Developing and Testing a Musculoskeletal National Audit in Community/Primary Care

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05842915

Enrollment

22000

Registered

2023-05-06

Start date

2024-05-07

Completion date

2028-06-07

Last updated

2026-02-05

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Conditions

Musculoskeletal Diseases

Keywords

Primary Care, Community, Benchmarking, Audit, Quality Improvement

Brief summary

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

Detailed description

This project aims to develop, setup and test an MSK national audit which will use patient and clinician inputted data to measure the quality of care for patients presenting in community MSK services and general practice with common MSK conditions. Secondly this project aims to use the national MSK audit information to understand and improve the quality and consistency of care for MSK patients.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALQuestionnaire

Baseline and 3 month questionnaire

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

OTHER

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

(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

Exclusion criteria

(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

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
To provide a secure national MSK research database for participating MSK providers to upload their routinely collected data.	12 months

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
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

Countries

United Kingdom

Contacts

CONTACTRoanna Burgess, Dr

r.m.burgess@keele.ac.uk01782733900

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 6, 2026