The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Orthopedic Trauma Management

Trauma Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Orthopedic Trauma Management; a Cross-sectional Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06237023
• Other study ID #: 2021-168
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 1, 2019
• Est. completion date: November 1, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: January 2024
• Source: Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Research and Training Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of the study is to compare emergency orthopedic trauma admissions between the pre-pandemic period and the pandemic period and to detect changes in orthopedic trauma epidemiology.

Description:

The aim of the study is to compare emergency orthopedic trauma admissions between the pre-pandemic period and the pandemic period and to detect changes in orthopedic trauma epidemiology. For this purpose, an epidemiological study was conducted in our country, comparing trauma admissions to a level 1 trauma hospital during a one-year period before the pandemic with those in the year following the onset of the pandemic.Demographic characteristics of the patients, such as age and gender, were recorded. In addition, the injury mechanisms of the patients, diagnosis, injured extremityor anatomical region, broken bone, fracture classification, multitrauma rates, trauma releated complications, hospitalization days, and treatment modalities were examined.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 57635
• Est. completion date: November 1, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: March 31, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• The patients who were admitted between March 2019 and March 2021

• Patients presenting due to trauma

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients Admitted Before the Pandemic and Outside the Pandemic Period

• Consultation or Outpatient Clinic Patients

• Non-Traumatic Conditions

• Patients with Incomplete Records

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• COVID-19
• COVID-19 Pandemic
• Trauma
• Wounds and Injuries

Intervention

Other:
• epidemyolojical
The aim of the study is to compare emergency orthopedic trauma admissions between the pre-pandemic and pandemic periods, and to identify changes in the epidemiology of orthopedic trauma.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	University of Health Sciences, Hamidiye Medical School, Bakirköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Education and Research Hospital, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology	Istanbul

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Research and Training Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Comparison of Emergency Orthopedic Trauma Admissions Between Pre-Pandemic and Pandemic Period	The main purpose of the study is to compare the changes in the number and quality of emergency orthopedic trauma applications before the COVID-19 pandemic and during the pandemic period.	up to 6 months
Primary	Detection of Changes in the Epidemiology of Orthopedic Trauma	The research aims to determine the changes in the epidemiology of orthopedic traumas during the pandemic period compared to before the pandemic. This includes patient demographics, injury mechanisms, diagnoses, injured extremity or anatomical sites, fracture types and classifications, polytrauma rates, trauma-related complications, length of hospital stay, and treatment methods.	up to 6 months
Secondary	Changes in Patient Demographic Characteristics	Changes in the age and gender distribution of patients before the pandemic and during the pandemic period.	6 weeks
Secondary	Comparison of Injury Mechanisms and Diagnoses	Different injury mechanisms and diagnosis distributions during the pandemic period compared to before the pandemic.	8 weeks
Secondary	Injured Extremities or Anatomical Regions	The extremities or anatomical regions that were most frequently injured before and during the pandemic period.	8 weeks
Secondary	Fracture Types and Classifications	Changes in fracture types and classifications during the pandemic period.	6 weeks
Secondary	Trauma-Related Complications	Changes in trauma-related complication rates before the pandemic and during the pandemic period.	6 months
Secondary	Treatment Methods	Changes in the treatment methods applied before the pandemic and during the pandemic period, especially the increases in surgical treatment rates.	8 weeks
Secondary	Length of Hospital Stay	Differences in average length of hospital stay before the pandemic and during the pandemic period.	6 weeks