Engagement of GP practices and PT services |
Physiotherapy site recruitment rate to participate in STEMS study |
GP Practice recruitment rate to participate in STEMS study |
Research evaluation |
Recruitment rate to the research evaluation—all adults with musculoskeletal conditions |
Recruitment rate to the research evaluation—‘true self-referral’a patients |
Recruitment rate to the research evaluation—‘recommended self-referral’b patients |
Retention rates to research evaluation at 2, 6 and 12Â months follow-up |
GP practice characteristics |
Number of GPs and nurse practitioners per practice |
Number of patients and number of adults registered at practice |
GP consultation rates for adults with musculoskeletal conditions (before and during study) |
Physiotherapy team characteristics |
Number of physiotherapists working in the physiotherapy service (in total and STEMS trained) |
Seniority of physiotherapists in the physiotherapy service (in total and STEMS trained) |
Physiotherapy service |
Physiotherapy service GP referral rate (before and during study) |
Physiotherapy service ‘true self-referral’a rate |
Physiotherapy service ‘recommended self-referral’b rate |
Non-attendance rates at physiotherapy site for GP referrals (before and during study) and for self-referrals during study |
Number of physiotherapy consultations for GP referrals, ‘true self-referral’ and ‘recommended self-referral’ patients in the intervention practices |
Number of self-referring patients deemed unsuitable at each stage in the direct access pathway |
Onward referral rate from physiotherapy (to GP, other services) for GP referrals, ‘true self-referral’ and ‘recommended self-referral’ |
Physiotherapy waiting time (month-by-month) from 12Â months prior to introduction of direct access to end of study |
Number of patient complaints about direct access at physiotherapy site |
Monitoring of safety |
Number of cases of missed serious pathology in patients directly accessing physiotherapy |
Number of adverse events in GP-referred, ‘true self-referral’ ‘recommended self-referral’ |