Official Statistics

Key Facts

Published 10 March 2016

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For the coverage period 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015.</p>

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Participation and Coverage

  • There have been 267,050 PROMs-eligible procedures carried out in hospitals1 and 201,482 pre-operative questionnaires returned so far, a headline participation rate of 75.4 per cent (76.2 per cent for 2013-14).
  • For the 201,482 pre-operative questionnaires returned, 196,450 post-operative questionnaires were sent out2, of which 140,227 have been returned so far - a return rate of 71.4 per cent3 (73.6 per cent for 2013-14).
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    Unadjusted 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:

  • 49.9 per cent of groin hernia respondents (49.7 per cent for 2013-14)
  • 88.2 per cent of hip replacement respondents (87.9 per cent for 2013-14)
  • 80.6 per cent of knee replacement respondents (80.3 per cent for 2013-14)
  • 51.9 per cent of varicose vein respondents (51.8 per cent for 2013-14)
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    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:

  • 37.9 per cent of groin hernia respondents (37.3 per cent for 2013-14)
  • 65.2 per cent of hip replacement respondents (64.2 per cent for 2013-14)
  • 55.4 per cent of knee replacement respondents (54.6 per cent for 2013-14)
  • 39.2 per cent of varicose vein respondents (39.9 per cent for 2013-14)
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    Comparing pre- and post-operative responses to condition-specific questions, improvements in patients' conditions were recorded for:

  • [There is no condition-specific scoring for groin hernia patients.]
  • 96.4 per cent of hip replacement respondents (96.0 per cent for 2013-14) ['Oxford Hip Score']
  • 93.3 per cent of knee replacement respondents (93.0 per cent for 2013-14) ['Oxford Knee Score']
  • 82.4 per cent of varicose vein respondents (82.9 per cent for 2013-14) ['Aberdeen Varicose Vein Questionnaire']
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    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 46 of the 267,050 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.

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