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

Status Completed

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.

Clinical Trial 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. ;

Study Design

Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Orthopaedic Injury

• NCT number: NCT01971697
• Study type: Observational
• Source: Duke University
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 2013
• Completion date: March 2015