Pre-hospital Care Profile of Road Traffic Injury Victims- Kerala

NCT04577924 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: 36/18/IEC/JMMC&RICTRI/2019/03/018160
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 978
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Selection of appropriate strategies and correct policy-making in these conditions may lead to decreased rates of death due to RTI.There is a lack of research on the effectiveness of pre-hospital care in Kerala. This study aimed to describe the prehospital care of RTI victims presenting to the emergency department in Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, Thrissur.

Conditions

Trauma; Road (Traffic) Accident [RTA] Nos

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Pre-hospital care profile of RTI Victims presenting to the emergency department in a tertiary care center in Kerala as measured by a questionnaire.

  Pre-hospital care received by RTI Victims presenting to the emergency department in a tertiary care center in Kerala

  Hospital admission days through discharge; up to 30 days

Study Arms (1)

Road traffic injury victims

All RTI patients presenting to ED within 24 hours of injury is included in the study.. Individual's not consenting to be part of the study or withdrawing consent later on would be excluded. We also would exclude cases where pre-hospital care provider could not be traced or where reliable data patient could not be collected even after repeated interview.

Other: Interview

Interventions

Interview OTHER

Trained research assistants would abstract the data as per a preset proforma. The data would be collected from the patient (if coherent), pre-hospital care provider or primary care provider. Data would was also obtained from patient records and the proforma filled by the attending doctors on duty. Follow up of cases would be done until discharge from the hospital.

Road traffic injury victims

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All RTI patients presenting to ED within 24 hours of injury irrespective of gender, race or comorbidities involved in an RTI would be approached to be recruited for the study.

You may qualify if:

• All Road traffic injury (RTI) patients presenting to ED within 24 hours of injury

You may not qualify if:

• Individual's not consenting to be part of the study or withdrawing consent later on
• Cases where pre-hospital care provider could not be traced or where reliable patient data could not be collected even after repeated interview.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute: lead

Study Sites (1)

Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute

Thrissur, Kerala, 680005, India

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Wounds and Injuries

Interventions

Interviews as Topic

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Study Officials

• Salish Varghese, MD

  salishvarghese@gmail.com

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 29, 2020
• First Posted: October 8, 2020
• Study Start: January 1, 2019
• Primary Completion: April 30, 2019
• Study Completion: July 31, 2019
• Last Updated: February 11, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, ICF, CSR
• Time Frame: from 2025 for a period of 1 year

Locations

IN (1)