A 13-years Nationwide Study of Alpine Accidents in Austria

Alpine Accident Clinical Trial

Official title:

A 13-years Nationwide Retrospective Observational Study of Alpine Accidents in Austria - Sleighing, Skiing, Snowboarding, Snowshoeing, Climbing, Hiking, Cycling, Mountain Biking, Canyoning and Alpine Watersport Activities

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03755050
• Other study ID #: AN2016-0018 358/4.8 390/5.5
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Start date: December 22, 2018
• Est. completion date: June 2022

Study information

• Verified date: September 2021
• Source: Medical University Innsbruck
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Brief Summary:

This observational study intends to analyze the characteristic of specific accidents happened in Austrian's mountainous regions. The mechanisms of accidents which are evaluated are accidents while using a sleigh, climbing accidents, cycle accidents, canyoning accidents, hiking accidents, snowshoeing accidents, water-sport accidents, ski and snowboard accidents.

Description:

The data are collected retrospectively from the database of Austrian alpine police force. These data are analyzed. The information from this database (scene of accident, weather, daytime…) is compared to secondary data collected from the University Hospital of Innsbruck. The comparison of both databases was approved by the Austrian Data Protection Agency. The goal of the study is to give detailed information of circumstances leading to accident and give medical information of the patient's condition and his outcome.

The method to collect data and to analyze is the same than in AN4757 315/4.4 (NCT03405467).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 20000
• Est. completion date: June 2022
• Est. primary completion date: May 27, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All patients with the criteria for an alpine accident characteristics described under "Conditions".

Exclusion Criteria:

• All patients without accident characteristics described under "Conditions".

• All patients which suffered an accident not in alpine environment.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Alpine Accident
• Alpine Water-sport
• Canyoning
• Climbing
• Cycling
• Hiking
• Skiing/Snowboarding
• Sleighing
• Snowshoeing

Intervention

Other:
• general and specific data
General and specific data collected

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Austria	General and Surgical Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck	Innsbruck

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Medical University Innsbruck	Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Austria, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Number of persons suffered an accident in Alpine Mountains in Austria	The number of persons which suffered one of the specified accidents. (n/year)	2005-2018
Primary	Gender of persons suffered an accident in Alpine Mountains in Austria	Gender male/female or non specified which suffered one of the specified accidents. (n/year)	2005-2018
Primary	Mortality of persons suffered an accident in Alpine Mountains in Austria	Number of persons deceased (deceased/n per year) which suffered one of the specified accidents.	2005-2018
Secondary	Number of patients treated per injury pattern at Medical University of Innsbruck, a major trauma center in western Austria.	(n/year) treated at Medical University of Innsbruck	2005-2018
Secondary	Gender of patients treated per injury pattern at Medical University of Innsbruck, a major trauma center in western Austria.	male/female, unspecified treated at Medical University of Innsbruck (n/year)	2005-2018
Secondary	Injury severity score (ISS) per injury pattern at Medical University of Innsbruck, a major trauma center in western Austria.	Injury severity score of suffered injury (ISS=AIS*AIS)	2005-2018
Secondary	Abbreviated Injury severity scale (AIS) per injury pattern at Medical University of Innsbruck, a major trauma center in western Austria.	Abbreviated Injury Severity Scale of suffered injury (1-6 points; scale - minor, moderate, serious, severe, critical, maximum)	2005-2018
Secondary	Type of evacuation	Type of evacuation (terrestrial, helicopter, combined terrestrial and helicopter) (n/year)	2005-2018
Secondary	Mortality depending on evacuation type	Number of fatalities depending on type of evacuation (n/year)	2005-2018