Socio-Economic Survey in Uganda

Orthopaedic Injury Clinical Trial

Official title:

Short Term Socio-economic Impact Due to Blunt Orthopedics Trauma on the Victims in Uganda

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01971697
• Other study ID #: Pro00046624
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 15, 2013
• Last updated: October 15, 2015
• Start date: September 2013
• Est. completion date: March 2015

Study information

• Verified date: May 2015
• Source: Duke University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Duke Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This study will be conducted at Mulago Teaching Hospital. Patients coming to the ER with an orthopaedic injury will be approached. If a patient consents to be part of the study, they will complete a questionnaire. Participation in the study will end as soon as the questionnaire is completed.

Description:

All patients will be recruited from the orthopedics inpatient wards and emergency department at Mulago National Referral Hospital. Only patients who have sustained an orthopedics injury will be included in this study, and the severity will be recorded for future references. No Protected Health Information (PHI) will be collected throughout the study.

Steps

1. Identify patients from Mulago Teaching Hospital

2. Enrollment of patients into survey study

3. Administer survey to patients at 1st meet up

4. Administer survey to doctor-in-charge?

5. Compilations of survey results into excel spreadsheet. Participants will be assigned an ID. The study team does not intend to collect any PHI.

6. Statistical Analysis.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: March 2015
• Est. primary completion date: October 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria:

• Subject is a male or female 18 years old or older.

• all patients presented at Mulago National Referral Hospital with orthopedics trauma injuries regardless of age and gender.

Exclusion criteria:

• patients presented with all other conditions other than orthopedics related injuries that may require long term care. Some examples are head injuries leading to long term damage, loss of sights, etc.

Study Design

Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Orthopaedic Injury

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Uganda	Mulago National Referral Hospital	Kampala
United States	Duke University Medical Center	Durham	North Carolina

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Duke University

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

United States,  Uganda, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Immediate social-economic impact of orthopedics trauma as measured by socio-Economic Questionnaire	A short socio-economic questionnaire will be provided to all enrolled patients	approximately 20 minutes	No