Provisional PROMs data 2010-11

This provisional publication of PROMs data includes eligible HES episodes with an episode start date between 1 April 2025 and 31 March 2025 and pre-operative questionnaires with a completion date between 1 April 2025 and 31 March 2011. Where a patient did not record the date that they completed the pre-operative questionnaire, the pre-operative questionnaire scan date is used. Any post-operative questionnaires that are linked to an eligible pre-operative questionnaire and have been sent out to patients, returned and scanned prior to processing (end of March 2012) are included for analysis.

To add to the value of the information reported, the PROMs data has been linked with Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) episode-level information.

PROMs data is available if you request a tailor-made report. For more information please see the Quick links section to the right-hand side of this page.

Publication dates and content

Dates for the publication of provisional PROMs data can be found in The HSCIC's publication calendar here. The monthly data published contains all data that is deemed to be provisional. Finalised annual data can be accessed here and provisional data for 2011-12 can be accessed here.

National 'Key facts' below are updated on a monthly basis.

PROMs data tables are now only being updated on a quarterly basis. This allows for time and resource to explore the PROMs dataset further, allowing the development of topics of interest which will allow the publication to provide greater depth of analysis and insight into this rich dataset.

Special topics

Special topics are available here from November 2011 on a quarterly basis. Suggestions are welcome on their future content via the contact us section of this website.

Key facts

In the period from April 2010 to March 2011:

Participation and Coverage

• There were 245,512 eligible¹ hospital episodes and 171,347 pre-operative questionnaires returned - a headline participation rate of 69.8%, which is an increase of 3.7 percentage points compared to 2009-10.
• Of the 162,370 post-operative questionnaires sent out², 131,379 have been returned - a return rate of 80.9%³.

Unadjusted Scores

• 95.8% of hip replacement respondents and 91.4% of knee replacement respondents recorded joint related improvements following their operation as measured by their response to a series of questions about their condition (Oxford Hip and Knee Scores). These values were 95.7% and 91.4% respectively in the finalised data for 2009-10.
• 82.5% of varicose vein respondents recorded varicose vein related improvements following their operation as measured by their response to a series of questions about their condition (Aberdeen Varicose Vein Questionnaire score). This value was 83.4% in the finalised data for 2009-10.
• 86.7% of hip replacement respondents and 77.9% of knee replacement respondents recorded an increase in their general health following their operation, based on a combination of five key criteria concerning their general health (EQ-5D Index score), compared to 51.6% for varicose veins and 50.5% for groin hernias. These values were 87.2%, 77.6%, 52.4% and 49.3% respectively in the finalised data for 2009-10.
• 61.4% of hip replacement respondents and 50.8% of knee replacement respondents recorded an increase in their EQ-VAS score (current state of the patients general health marked on a visual analogue scale) compared to 39.8% for varicose veins and 39.1% for groin hernias. These values were 61.4%, 50.2%, 40.4% and 38.2% respectively in the finalised data for 2009-10.

Percentage of scores that have improved for each procedure and scoring mechanism

Opinions are sought on the format and content of the PROMs publication. Feedback can be provided by completing the comments form available on the Health and Social Care Information Centre website or by sending an email to [email protected].

Please note: In addition the following eight PROMs data CSV files are available for download.

Footnotes

1. An 'eligible episode' is an episode in HES in the period in question, clinically coded with relevant hip, knee, varicose vein or groin hernia OPCS procedure codes which make it suitable for inclusion into PROMs.

2. Not every pre-operative questionnaire will have a post-operative questionnaire sent out. This may be for a number of reasons including the cancellation of an operative or the death of the patient.

3. This will be an underestimate of the true rate due to the time delay in returning the post-operative questionnaire.

Responsible statistician

The responsible statistician for this publication is Simon Rhea, HES/SUS Development - Section Head ([email protected], 0845 300 6016).

Copyright statement

The copyright to the information we are disclosing is held by the Health and Social Care Information Centre. The HSCIC has suspended the application of re-use licence fees as a consequence of government policy ('Making Public Data Public'), so you may re-use this information free of charge. Please ensure that the following copyright statement is included within your documents: 'Copyright � 2012 Re-used with the permission of the Health and Social Care Information Centre. All rights reserved.' Please also use the citation logo available for download from the HSCIC's website.

If PROMs data is re-used, please ensure that the appropriate copyright(s) is/are used for each scoring mechanism. Please see the 'Footnotes' page of any PROMs document for further details.