Open lower extremity fractures Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning Fracture of lower limb, level unspecified
Conditions
Interventions
Recruited patients complete questionnaires that measure their quality of life while in the hospital to understand their quality of life before and shortly after an open fracture. This is repeated at 3
Sponsors
University of Oxford
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients admitted with an open lower limb fracture
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients unable to consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Quality of life measured with the 5-Dimension EuroQol (EQ-5D-3L) and Short Form 12 (SF-12) instruments twice during the acute admission. For the first assessment patients will be asked to appraise their quality of life before their injury and for the second assessment their quality of life at present while an inpatient. This assessment will be repeated at 3 months and 12 months post-injury. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Clinical outcomes (wound infection, deep infection, non-union, amputation) collected from clinical notes during the period of time that the patient is enrolled in the study (12 months) | — |
Countries
Austria, Chile, England, Netherlands, Spain, Sudan, United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed