the Patients Journey Through Surgical Admission Ward Versus Emergency Department

Waiting Time in Emergency Department Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01733511
• Other study ID #: SLB-ED-03-2012
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 13, 2012
• Last updated: November 20, 2012
• Start date: February 2011
• Est. completion date: January 2012

Study information

• Verified date: November 2012
• Source: University of Southern Denmark
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Denmark: The Regional Committee on Biomedical Research Ethics
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Emergency departments are established in 20 hospitals in Denmark in order to improve the quality for the acute patients.

A group of acute patients which require timely assessment and plan from a specialist is patients with abdominal pain.

the aim of the present study is to evaluate whether the admission of the group of patients to emergency departments reduces the time to doctor, specialist and plan compared to the traditional admission to a surgical acute ward.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 109
• Est. completion date: January 2012
• Est. primary completion date: December 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 15 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• age more than 15 years

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Emergencies
• Waiting Time in Emergency Department

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Southern Denmark

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	time in minutes	the time in minutes from the patient is admitted until the patient is seen by a doctor and until a treatment plan is recorded	up to 24 hours after admission	No