Trottinettes Urgences 2019-2020

Alcohol Drinking Clinical Trial

Official title:

Risk Assessment, Consequences and Epidemiology of Electric Scooter Accidents Admitted to Emergency Departments.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04778332
• Other study ID #: Trottinette19-20
• Status: Completed
• Start date: June 1, 2019
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: April 2022
• Source: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint Pierre
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational [Patient Registry]

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the risk, consequences and epidemiology of electric scooter accidents admitted to the emergency room at St. Pierre University Hospital.

This prospective observational study aims to include any patient admitted to the Adult Emergency Department of St.Pierre University Hospital Brussels following an accident related to the use of an electric scooter in order to describe and understand the epidemiology, complications and treatment of injuries associated with this means of transport.

It is intended to include all accidents occurring in the emergency room during the period from 01/06/2019 to 30/06/2020.

Description:

All patients over the age of 16 years with traumatic injuries due to an accident related to the use of an electric scooter were included in the study.

Upon admission to the Emergency Department, patients over 16 years of age who accepted were included in the study. The objectives of the study were firstly to describe the context and incidence of scooter accidents, and secondly to understand the epidemiology, complications and treatment of injuries associated with this means of transport and finally, to estimate the economic impact assessed by the number of days of post-traumatic work disability, the need for access to more specialised and therefore more expensive care (operating theatre interventions, scanner-type radiological examinations or hospitalisation in intensive care units).

The data analyzed were based on :

1) the time and day of the accident, 2) the time of presentation at the hospital (same day or after the accident), 3) the mechanism of the accident, whether there were one or two people on the scooter, 4) the use or non-use of the protective helmet, 5) the influence of alcohol ; 6) the mode of arrival at the emergency room (type of ambulance or by one's own means); 7) the injury assessment, paraclinical examinations; 8) treatments; 9) hospitalization or not; 10) temporary work interruptions .

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 170
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: June 30, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 16 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria:

• All patients with traumatic lesion following electric sccoter accident

• Be able to agree to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• < 16 years

• Unconscious

• Being unable to agree to participate in the study

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Accidental Injury
• Alcohol Drinking
• Emergencies
• Traffic Accident
• Traumatic Injury
• Wounds and Injuries

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Belgium	CHU saint-Pierre	Bruxelles

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint Pierre

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Belgium, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	description of traumatic injuries	description of traumatic injuries based on the medical record. Categorised by severity and by anatomical localisation.	during the first 24 hours.
Primary	Arrival mode	By ambulance or by own means	Up to one year
Primary	Timing of arrival	Immediately after the accident or delayed visit.	Baseline
Primary	Accident mechanism	Other party ( Pedestrians hit by the scooter, accident with another) involved or not ( Loss of balance,2 drivers on the e-scooter,	Baseline
Primary	alcohol	Did the driver report to being under the influence of alcohol or not	baseline up to 24 hours
Primary	Hour of admission	Admission between 7am-6pm; 6pm-11pm or 11pm-7am	Baseline up to 24 hours
Primary	Ownership	E-scooter owned or rented by the patient	Baseline up to 24 hours
Secondary	Treatment	Emergency department or operative room	Up to 24 hours
Secondary	Paraclinical examination	radiography, scanner,	Up to 24 hours
Secondary	orientation	Intensive care unit, normal hospitalisation, discharge home	Up to 24 hours
Secondary	Cost of the treatment	Ambulance, hospitalisation, treatment in the ED or operative room , temporary incapacity for work.	Through study completion, an average of 1 year