The use of allied health and law enforcement trauma team registries: Lessons from a novel motorcycle trauma registry and surveillance system in Uganda

The use of medical trainees and law enforcement trauma registries: An examination of the impact of rural trauma team development and training on the outcomes of motorcycle related orthopedic and neurological injuries in Uganda.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202308851460352

Enrollment

1000

Registered

2023-08-17

Start date

2019-08-27

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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

Conditions

Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning Mental and Behavioural Disorders Musculoskeletal Diseases Nervous System Diseases Surgery Orthopaedics

Interventions

No intervention Group U

Trained Group T

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Study 1: Medical students Intern doctors Intern nurses In-charges of accident and emergence departments Regional police officers in charge of traffic and road safety Study II-IV Patients who sustain motorcycle related injuries including: Passengers on motorcycles Motorcycle riders Pedestrians hit by motorcycles. Patient suffering from of motorcycle-motorcycle collisions Passengers or cyclists suffering from motorcycle-car collisions.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Study 1: Medical students who have not started their clinical rotations in surgery at the time of the training. Studies II-IV: Pregnant women Neonates and infants 0-23months Patients with documented stroke Mentally incapacitated patients who have no legally authorized representatives to sign an informed consent. Patients who die before hospital arrival Patients who die before imaging results are obtained Patients who are passengers in car at time of accident Patients who are drivers in a car at time of accident Elderly above 80 years with increased risk of fragility fractures

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Pre-Hospital interval in Hours;Referral-Exit Interval in Hours for Neurological Injuries	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Morbidity of musculoskeletal injuries based on Trauma Expectation Factor and Trauma Outcome Measure Scores;Morbidity and Mortality of Neurological Injuries based on Glasgow Outcome Scale;Factors associated with unfavorable musculoskeletal trauma outcome measure score.;Factors associated with mortality of neurological injuries.;Knowledge retention from the training based on pre-and post-training mean percentage scores.	—

Measure

Time frame

Morbidity of musculoskeletal injuries based on Trauma Expectation Factor and Trauma Outcome Measure Scores;Morbidity and Mortality of Neurological Injuries based on Glasgow Outcome Scale;Factors associated with unfavorable musculoskeletal trauma outcome measure score.;Factors associated with mortality of neurological injuries.;Knowledge retention from the training based on pre-and post-training mean percentage scores.

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Countries

Uganda

Contacts

Public ContactRobinson Ssebuufu

Associate Professor of Surgery. Head of Research and Training

rssebuufu@gmail.com+256772507248

Outcome results

None listed

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