Building Bridges for Broken Bones

The Collaborative Fracture Management Study: Safety, acceptability & efficacy of a collaborative triage & treatment model for extremity fracture patients in rural Tanzania, involving traditional bone setters: a feasibility trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202307910320431

Enrollment

Registered

2023-07-26

Start date

2023-08-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

Orthopaedics

Interventions

Standard traditional bonesetter treatment

Collaborative fracture management

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Patients with fractures involving the arms and legs (hand, radius/ulna, humerus, clavicle, foot, tibia/fibula, femur, hip) - Patient age between 4-85 years old - Within 6 weeks post-injury - Conversational in Kiswahili

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Reduced consciousness and possible neurotrauma (EMV score <12) - Polytrauma, with evidence of organ damage or Injury Severity Score =12 - Inability to provide written informed consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Number of general and fracture-related complications, e.g. death, osteomyelitis, gangrene, compartment syndrome, mal/non-union. Severity of complications will be graded according to the ASOS definitions.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Self-reported pain, using 5-point Likert scale;Functional range-of-motion, yes or no;Weight-bearing, yes/no;Return to school/work, yes/no;Disability, using WHODAS 2.0 questionnaire;Quality of life, using EQ-5D-5L questionnaire;Patient satisfaction, using 5-point Likert scale;Loss of work/income, using Short Financial Impact Assessment questionnaire;Protocol adherence;Protocol adherence;Cost of treatment	—

Measure

Time frame

Self-reported pain, using 5-point Likert scale;Functional range-of-motion, yes or no;Weight-bearing, yes/no;Return to school/work, yes/no;Disability, using WHODAS 2.0 questionnaire;Quality of life, using EQ-5D-5L questionnaire;Patient satisfaction, using 5-point Likert scale;Loss of work/income, using Short Financial Impact Assessment questionnaire;Protocol adherence;Protocol adherence;Cost of treatment

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Countries

Tanzania

Contacts

Public ContactNefti Bempong

Project Manager

n.bempong@globalsurgeryfoundation.org+41786719302

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026