Causes of Complicated Appendicitis at Referral Hospital

Predictors of Complicated Appendicitis Among Patients Presented to Public Referral Hospitals in Harari Region: A Case-control Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05005104

Acronym

Enrollment

402

Registered

2021-08-13

Start date

2021-02-01

Completion date

2021-06-28

Last updated

2021-08-13

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Conditions

Complicated Appendicitis

Keywords

complicated appendicitis, acute abdomen

Brief summary

The study was conducted on a medical record of previously treated patients for acute appendicitis at HFSUH, Harar, Ethiopia. The study design was case-control with a total sample size of 402.

Detailed description

The case-control study conducted at HFSUH was proceeded following the university's protocol and after passing institutional ethical review permission.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

OTHER

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* patients diagnosed with acute appendicitis

Exclusion criteria

* incidental appendectomy patients

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Number of patients having the predictors of complicated appendicitis.	1 week	Clinical histories like duration of chief complaint, constipation, vomiting, fever, visiting to lower level clinics, presence of comorbidities were used to assess the factors associated with complicated appendicitis.

Countries

Ethiopia

Outcome results