Return to Work After Potential Severe Injury

Multiple Trauma Clinical Trial

Official title:

Return to Work After Potential Severe Injury; a Population Based Observational Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02602405
• Other study ID #: 2015/1582
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 9, 2015
• Last updated: December 20, 2017
• Start date: December 2015
• Est. completion date: August 2016

Study information

• Verified date: December 2017
• Source: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

In Norway an estimated 10 % of the population is injured annually. Of these 36.000 sustain permanent functional impairment, 1.200 receive disability pension, and approximately 2.500 die because of their injuries. Mortality is the most common variable measuring trauma outcome. However, measuring only trauma mortality may be looking merely at the tip of the iceberg. For every trauma death, there are ten-folds suffering long term functional impairment. Mortality is therefore a too crude variable to describe the impact of injuries - both for the individual trauma patient and for society as a whole. There is a need for variables describing long-term outcomes on a functional level. The aim of this study is to use the rate of return to work and education as an alternative outcome measure. The ability of returning to work after injury is a central indicator of individual functional outcome, combining both physical and mental skills in performing complex and compound tasks. Previous studies on return to work after injury are limited by a combination of short follow-up times, the use of patient reported outcomes and having mainly been focusing on only severely injured patients (ISS > 15). This a population-based study including all patients in working age (16 - 65 years) received by a trauma team in any of the eight hospitals within the region of Central Norway in the time period from June 1st,2007 to May 30th, 2010. Already collected trauma registry data will be linked with national register data on sickness and disability benefits, employment and education.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1741
• Est. completion date: August 2016
• Est. primary completion date: August 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 16 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• exposed to traumatic injuries

• received by trauma team attendance

• received by trauma team activation protocol

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Multiple Trauma

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Norway	Ålesund Hospital	Ålesund
Norway	Kristiansund Hospital	Kristiansund
Norway	Levanger Hospital	Levanger
Norway	Molde Hospital	Molde
Norway	Namsos Hospital	Namsos
Norway	Orkanger Hospital	Orkanger
Norway	St Olavs Hospital	Trondheim
Norway	Volda Hospital	Volda

Sponsors (8)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Norwegian University of Science and Technology	Alesund Hospital, Kristiansund Hospital, Levanger Hospital, Molde Hospital, Namsos Hospital, St. Olavs Hospital, Statistics Norway

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Norway, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Return to work		up to 8 years
Primary	Return to education		up to 8 years