Provisional Quarterly Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in England, April 2017 to September 2017

For the coverage period 1 April 2017 to 30 September 2017.

Participation and Coverage

• There have been 135,125 PROMs-eligible procedures carried out in hospitals¹ ,and 95,058 pre-operative questionnaires returned so far, a headline participation rate of 70.3 per cent (75.3 per cent for 2015-16).
• For the 95,058 pre-operative questionnaires returned, 14,964 post-operative questionnaires were sent out², of which 3,938 have been returned so far - a return rate of 26.3 per cent³ (72.1 per cent for 2015-16).

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National 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:

• 51.6 per cent of groin hernia respondents (49.8 per cent for 2015-16) 
• [Insufficient data for hip replacement⁴.] 
• [Insufficient data for knee replacement⁴.] 
• 51.3 per cent of varicose vein respondents (52.5 per cent for 2015-16) 

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:

• 40.5 per cent of groin hernia respondents (37.6 per cent for 2015-16) 
• [Insufficient data for hip replacement⁴.] 
• [Insufficient data for knee replacement⁴.] 
• 37.0 per cent of varicose vein respondents (41.0 per cent for 2015-16) 

Comparing pre- and post-operative responses to condition-specific questions, improvements in patients' conditions were recorded for:

• [Insufficient data for hip replacement⁴.] 
• [Insufficient data for knee replacement⁴.] 
• 79.4 per cent of varicose vein respondents (82.1 per cent for 2015-16) ['Aberdeen Varicose Vein Questionnaire']

Footnotes

1. 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 in PROMs. 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 69 of the 264,120 procedures.
2. Not every pre-operative questionnaire will have a post-operative questionnaire sent out, for various reasons including the cancellation of an operation or the death of the patient.
3. This will be an underestimate of the true rate due to the time delay in returning post-operative questionnaires.
4. Due to the length of time before post-operative questionnaires are sent out for hip and knee replacements, there are not yet sufficient data to calculate unadjusted scores for these procedures.