Paediatric Rural vs Urban Trauma

Comparing Paediatric Trauma Presentations in a Rural District General Hospital and an Urban Major Trauma Centre: a Retrospective Cohort Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04760886

Enrollment

100

Registered

2021-02-18

Start date

2019-04-01

Completion date

2020-04-01

Last updated

2021-02-18

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Conditions

Paediatric Trauma

Keywords

Paediatric trauma

Brief summary

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

Detailed description

As above. All patient data was anonymised.

Interventions

OTHERType of hospital (rural DGH vs Urban MTC)

In this small cohort study, the hospital in which the patients were treated was the intervention. One was in a rural area and was a district general, whereas one was in an urban enviroment and was a major trauma centre.

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

No minimum to 16 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

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

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Type of operation performed	1st April 2019- 1st April 2020	Type of orthopaedic intervention documented
Distribution of type of paediatric trauma	1st April 2019- 1st April2020	Sub-types of fractures seen documented

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Seasonality of trauma	1st April 2019- 1st April 2020	winter vs summer months trauma numbers documented

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026