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Chronic Headache Education and Self-management Study (CHESS) - a mixed method feasibility study to inform the design of a randomised controlled trial.
White, Kimberley; Potter, Rachel; Patel, Shilpa; Nichols, Vivien P; Haywood, Kirstie L; Hee, Siew Wan; Mistry, Dipesh; Carnes, Dawn; Taylor, Stephanie J C; Underwood, Martin; Matharu, Manjit S.
Afiliação
  • White K; Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK.
  • Potter R; Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK. r.potter@warwick.ac.uk.
  • Patel S; Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK.
  • Nichols VP; Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK.
  • Haywood KL; Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7A, UK.
  • Hee SW; Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7A, UK.
  • Mistry D; Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK.
  • Carnes D; Faculty of Health, University of Applied Sciences, Fribourg, Western Switzerland, Switzerland.
  • Taylor SJC; Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Blizard Institute Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
  • Underwood M; Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK.
  • Matharu MS; Headache Group, UCL Institute of Neurology and The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG, UK.
BMC Med Res Methodol ; 19(1): 30, 2019 02 11.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30744571
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

Self-management support programmes are effective in a range of chronic conditions however there is limited evidence for their use in the treatment of chronic headaches. The aim of this study was to test the feasibility of four key aspects of a planned, future evaluative trial of a new education and self-management intervention for people with chronic headache 1) recruiting people with chronic headache from primary care; 2) a telephone interview for the classification of chronic headaches; 3) the education and self-management intervention itself; and 4) the most appropriate patient reported outcomes (PROMS).

METHODS:

Participants were identified and recruited from general practices in the West Midlands of the UK. We developed a nurse-led chronic headache classification interview and assessed agreement with an interview with headache specialists. We developed and tested a group based education and self-management intervention to assess training and delivery receipt using observation, facilitator, and participant feedback. We explored the acceptability and relevance of PROMs using postal questionnaires, interviews and a smartphone app.

RESULTS:

Fourteen practices took part in the study and participant recruitment equated to 1.0/1000 registered patients. Challenges to recruitment were identified. We did 107 paired headache classification interviews. The level of agreement between nurse and doctor interviews was very good. We piloted the intervention in four groups with 18 participants. Qualitative feedback from participants and facilitators helped refine the intervention including shortening the overall intervention and increasing the facilitator training time. Participants completed 131 baseline questionnaires, measurement data quality, reliability and validity for headache-specific and generic measures was acceptable.

CONCLUSION:

This study indicated that recruiting people with chronic headache from primary care is feasible but challenging, our headache classification interview is fit for purpose, our study intervention is viable, and that our choice of outcome measures is acceptable to participants in a future randomised controlled trial (RCT). TRIAL REGISTRATION ISRCTN, ISRCTN79708100. Registered 16th December 2015, http//www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN79708100.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Projetos de Pesquisa / Transtornos da Cefaleia / Medidas de Resultados Relatados pelo Paciente / Autogestão Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Projetos de Pesquisa / Transtornos da Cefaleia / Medidas de Resultados Relatados pelo Paciente / Autogestão Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article