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Abdominal TraumaNCT05538390

Assessment of Pattern of Abdominal Injury

An observational study of Abdominal Trauma, run by St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia at 1 site in Ethiopia.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

This hospital-based cross-sectional study was done at SPHMMC and AaBET hospitals from January 2018 to December 2019.The study aimed to assess the pattern of abdominal injury at St Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC) and Addis Ababa Burn, Emergency and Trauma (AaBET) hospital, Addis Ababa Ethiopia.Data… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Any age
Conditions the study is for
Abdominal Trauma
How many people
165 participants
Where
1 siteEthiopia
Study dates
1 Sep 2019to 10 Jun 2020
How long will I take part?
2 Years
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages Any age
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Study population: all patients who presented to the AaBET and SPHMMC Hospital emergency department with a clinical diagnosis of abdominal trauma during the study period.

Who may be able to join

  • All patients who are diagnosed clinically to have abdominal trauma

Who cannot join

  • Patients who died before diagnosis

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Ethiopia1 site
  • St Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College

    Addis Ababa, 1000

Other trials in Ethiopia

About this study

Official title: Assesment of Pattern of Abdominal Injury Over a Two Year Period at St Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College and AaBET Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Retrospective Study

This hospital-based cross-sectional study was done at SPHMMC and AaBET hospitals from January 2018 to December 2019.The study aimed to assess the pattern of abdominal injury at St Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC) and Addis Ababa Burn, Emergency and Trauma (AaBET) hospital, Addis Ababa Ethiopia.Data was collected from the trauma registry and patient files using a pretested structured questionnaire filled out by two trained data collectors.The collected data was entered and analyzed using statistical software SPSS version 25.0.

Read the detailed description

Data was collected from the trauma registry and patient files using a pretested structured questionnaire filled out by two trained data collectors. The questionnaire was categorized into socio-demographics (age, sex, residency, and address), clinical profile (triage, v/s, type of injury, associated injury), management, and outcome (management, complication, disposition, and mortality). Completeness of data was checked by the principal investigator.

Keywords
Abdominal Injury, Road traffic injury, Emergency department
Medical subject headings
Abdominal Injuries, Emergencies

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Other

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Pattern of Abdominal Injury

    Frequency was analyzed in respective to socio-demographics (age, sex, residency, address), clinical profile(triage, v/s, type of injury, associated injury), management and outcome (management, complication, disposition and mortality) in patients presented with Abdominal injury in the study period.

    Measured: Over 2 years

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted13 Sep 2022
  2. Study start1 Sep 2019
  3. Primary completion30 May 2020
  4. Study completion10 Jun 2020

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Other
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrolment
165 participants (actual)
Target duration
2 Years
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05538390
Sponsor's protocol ID
StPaulsHMMc
Status last verified
Sep 2022
First submitted
5 Sep 2022
Last updated
13 Sep 2022
Results posted
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No: The data used to support the findings of this study are available from the Principal investigator upon request.

Publications

  • Alastair, C.J., Pierre, J.G. Abdominal trauma. In: John M, Graeme D, Kevin OM, editors. Surgical Emergencies, 1st edition. Italy: Blackwell Science Ltd. 1999. 224-236

  • Adesanya AA, Afolabi IR, da Rocha-Afodu JT. Civilian abdominal gunshot wounds in Lagos. J R Coll Surg Edinb. 1998 Aug;43(4):230-4.

    PubMed 9735644
  • Long MK, Vohra MK, Bonnette A, Parra PDV, Miller SK, Ayub E, Wang HE, Cardenas-Turanzas M, Gordon R, Ugalde IT, Allukian M, Smith HE. Focused assessment with sonography for trauma in predicting early surgical intervention in hemodynamically unstable children with blunt abdominal trauma. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2022 Jan 27;3(1):e12650. doi: 10.1002/emp2.12650. eCollection 2022 Feb.

    PubMed 35128532
  • Abebe K, Bekele M, Tsehaye A, Lemmu B, Abebe E. Laparotomy for Abdominal Injury Indication & Outcome of patients at a Teaching Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ethiop J Health Sci. 2019 Jul;29(4):503-512. doi: 10.4314/ejhs.v29i4.12.

    PubMed 31447524
  • Chalya PL, Mabula JB. Abdominal trauma experience over a two-year period at a tertiary hospital in north-western Tanzania: a prospective review of 396 cases. Tanzan J Health Res. 2013 Oct;15(4):230-9.

    PubMed 26591698
  • AdejumoAA,ThairuY,EgentiN.Profile of abdominal trauma in federal teaching hospital, Gombe, North-east, Nigeria: A cross sectional study. Int J Innov Med Health Sci 2015; 4: 41-5

  • Bashah DT, Dachew BA, Tiruneh BT. Prevalence of injury and associated factors among patients visiting the Emergency Departments of Amhara Regional State Referral Hospitals, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study. BMC Emerg Med. 2015 Aug 25;15:20. doi: 10.1186/s12873-015-0044-3.

    PubMed 26302780

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Abdominal Trauma, run by St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia at 1 site in Ethiopia.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 13 Sep 2022. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Ethiopia. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Pattern of Abdominal Injury (time frame: Over 2 years). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT05538390, which also lists 7 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 13 Sep 2022.

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