Loss of Parental Workforce in Paediatric Fractures

Ankara Etlik City Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Lower Extremity Fractures; Pediatric Fractures; Upper Extremity Fractures

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06891027

AEŞH-BADEK-2024-1169

Details and patient eligibility

About

Childhood fractures are frequently encountered in orthopaedic practice. 40-64% of boys and 25-40% of girls have at least one fracture by the age of 16. Children, who are more fragile than adults, usually require additional care support during the treatment process. Labour force statistics have determined that one third of the loss of labour force occurs after musculoskeletal injuries.

When the literature is examined, there are many studies investigating loss of labour force after fractures. It was found that 20% of the patients never returned to work after distal radius fracture and the average loss of labour force was 9.2 weeks. In another study, while the return to work period was 60 days in minor hand injuries, it was reported that the return to work could increase to 360 days in major hand injuries. In another study, the average return to work time in patients aged >50 years with fragility fractures was found to be 20.5 days. The rate of return to work after traumatic spinal fracture was found to be only 38.1%.

In daily practice, the investigators observe that parents frequently do not go to work for child care after child fractures. However, there is no similar study investigating this loss of labour force after pediatric fractures in the literature. In this study, the investigators aimed to investigate the loss of parental labour force (LWL) in conservatively followed pediatric fractures

Enrollment: 203 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 18 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients <18 years of age who underwent plaster splinting for any extremity fracture

Exclusion criteria

• Parents of patients aged >18 years
• Parents of patients undergoing surgical treatment
• Parents of patients whose initial diagnosis or follow-up was performed at an external centre
• Patients with one parent not working (patients with one working parent will be excluded)
• Parents of patients who did not want to participate in the study

Trial design

203 participants in 1 patient group

pediatric fracture

Description:

all paediatric (\<18 years) patients presenting with a fracture will be included in the study. parents of patients presenting with a fracture will be informed about the study and parents who are willing to participate in the study will be included. parents will be given a form indicating various workforce losses (including housework and social life) at the first application. this form will be received from the parents at the end of treatment. study data will be collected on this form.