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CompletedNCT03133702Updated Apr 28, 2017

Traumatic Characteristics of the Forensic Cases Admitted to Emergency Department and Errors in the Forensic Reports

An observational study in Emergencies and Trauma, sponsored by Adiyaman University Research Hospital. Completed at 1 site in Turkey. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 120 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-04-28.

Sponsored by Adiyaman University Research Hospital · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
4,300
Ages
18 Years to 120 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Objectives: to detect the mistakes and deficiencies of the forensic reports which was written and to detect the injury characteristics of the forensic cases applied to emergency service of a tertiary hospital.

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All patients who applied for reasons such as crushing, traffic accidents, firearms and explosive injuries, assault, all kinds of injuries, burns, electric shock, asphyxia, torture, child abuse, falls and other injuries, poisoning and suicide attempt are a forensic case.Traumatic forensic cases are often confronted in emergency departments, Aim to this study is to detect the mistakes and deficiencies of the forensic reports which was written and also aimed to detect the injury characteristics of the forensic cases applied to emergency department which is the most important center in region at a tertiary hospital.

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Conditions studied

  • Emergencies
  • Trauma

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In context

Emergencies

1,692 studies on the registry are indexed under Emergencies; 333 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 4,300 is above the median of 353 across 714 observational studies indexed under Emergencies.

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Lead sponsor

Adiyaman University Research Hospital is the lead sponsor of 48 studies on the registry; 9 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 120 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Traumatic forensic cases which applied to Emergency Department of Adıyaman University Tranining and Research Hospital, between January 01, 2014 and December 31, 2014.

Inclusion criteria

  • Traumatic forensic cases which written a forensic report were included in study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • The forensic cases which can not be reached the forensic report and patients' emergency department chart
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
4,300 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Interventions

  • OtherForensic cases

    Forensic cases which were admitted to the Emergency Department

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Forensic cases admitted to Emergency department

    Forensic cases by data obtained from medical records

    Time frame: one year

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Study locations

1 site
  • Adiyaman University Research Hospital
    Adıyaman, Central 02000, Turkey
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References and documents

Publications

  • Buchanan A, Norko M. The forensic evaluation and report: an agenda for research. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2013;41(3):359-65. PubMed 24051588 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 28, 2017, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03133702
Lead sponsor
Adiyaman University Research Hospital
Responsible party
Umut Gulacti (Dr, Adiyaman University Research Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Apr 28, 2017
Start date
Jan 1, 2014
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2014
Completion
Dec 31, 2014
Last update
Apr 28, 2017

Study contacts

Umut Gulacti
principal investigator · Adiyaman University of Medical Faculty

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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