Paediatric Rural vs Urban Trauma

Mrs Jennifer M Dunn

Status: Completed

Conditions: Paediatric Trauma

Treatments: Other: Type of hospital (rural DGH vs Urban MTC)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04760886

Paediatric trauma study

Details and patient eligibility

About

Retrospective cohort study examining paediatric trauma admission over 1 year in a rural hospital vs urban centre

Full description

As above. All patient data was anonymised.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 16 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All paediatric trauma in each centre over the above time frame, treated operatively, seen on an acute orthopaedic take

Exclusion criteria

• Adults, non-operative trauma

Trial design

100 participants in 2 patient groups

Urban trauma cohort

Description:

All paediatric trauma admissions in an urban, MTC treated operatively, isolated from a departmental trauma list between 1st April 2019- 1st April 2021

Treatment:

Other: Type of hospital (rural DGH vs Urban MTC)

Rural trauma cohort

Description:

All paediatric trauma admissions in a rural district general, treated operatively, isolated from a departmental trauma list between 1st April 2019- 1st April 2021

Treatment:

Other: Type of hospital (rural DGH vs Urban MTC)