An observational study in Injury, Trauma and Major Trauma, sponsored by Kantonsspital Aarau. Completed at 1 site in Switzerland. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-03-15.
Sponsored by Kantonsspital Aarau · Observational
Quality control and improvement project: Assessment and analysis of processes and outcome in trauma emergency room and major trauma patients at the Aarau trauma center (cantonal hospital) with regard to initial emergency management, hospital processes and short- and long-term (1-and 2-year) outcome of patients (subjective and objective). Comparison of processes and outcome pre- and post- project initiative. Benchmarking with the literature and by participation in the German and Swiss Trauma registry each.
Registry of all emergency patients arriving at Aarau trauma center following trauma with regard to possibly injury related pre- and inhospital demographic factors, process variables and outcome Parameters.
5,056 studies on the registry are indexed under Wounds and Injuries; 861 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 3,800 is above the median of 135 across 1,597 observational studies indexed under Wounds and Injuries.
Browse Wounds and Injuries studies →Kantonsspital Aarau is the lead sponsor of 27 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.
Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.
All emergency patients treated at Aarau Cantonal Hospital following trauma (\<24h postinjury) with suspected major trama
Exclusion Criteria:
type and severity of patients, circumstances and trauma pre- and post-injury / -quality initiative
emergency room process times
Time frame: hours (<6)
hospital mortality
Time frame: 30 days
Euro Quality of Life Group health-related quality of life on five dimensions (EQ-5D)
score
Time frame: 1 and 2 year follow-up
Trauma Outcome Profile (TOP)
score
Time frame: 1 and 2 year follow-up
Quality of Life after Brain Injury (QOLIBRI)
score
Time frame: 1 and 2 year follow-up
medical outcomes study Short Form-36 (SF-36)
score
Time frame: 1 and 2 year follow-up
reduced capacity to work
Value (%);e.g. see Gross T, Attenberger C, Huegli RW, Amsler F. Factors associated with reduced longer-term capacity to work in patients after polytrauma: a Swiss trauma center experience. J Am Coll Surg. 2010 Jul;211(1):81-91
Time frame: 1 and 2 year outcome
invalidity
% of disability to work (i.e., basis for resulting amount of insurance pension)
Time frame: at least 4 year post-injury
insurance payments
Swiss Francs
Time frame: at least 4 years post-injury
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