Socio-Economic Survey in Uganda

Short Term Socio-economic Impact Due to Blunt Orthopedics Trauma on the Victims in Uganda

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01971697

Enrollment

Registered

2013-10-29

Start date

2013-09-30

Completion date

2015-03-31

Last updated

2015-10-19

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Orthopaedic Injury

Brief 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.

Detailed 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.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Subject is a male or female 18 years old or older. * all patients presented at Mulago National Referral Hospital with orthopedics trauma injuries regardless of age and gender.

Exclusion criteria

\- patients presented with all other conditions other than orthopedics related injuries that may require long term care. Some examples are head injuries leading to long term damage, loss of sights, etc.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Immediate social-economic impact of orthopedics trauma as measured by socio-Economic Questionnaire	approximately 20 minutes	A short socio-economic questionnaire will be provided to all enrolled patients

Countries

Uganda, United States

Outcome results