An observational study in Trauma and Physician's Role, sponsored by University of Pittsburgh. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 25 Years to 100 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-02-04.
Sponsored by University of Pittsburgh · Observational
In 2016 and 2017 the investigators conducted two clinical trials in which emergency medicine physicians were randomized either to an intervention (customized, theoretically-based video games) or to a control (nothing or text-based education). This study will now assess long-term outcomes for physicians enrolled in those two trials to evaluate the effect of the interventions on triage practices for trauma patients who presented initially to non-trauma centers in the US between December 2016 and November 2018.
University of Pittsburgh is the lead sponsor of 1,385 studies on the registry; 167 are open to participants now.
Of its 8 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 4 (50%) have results posted.
Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.
Patients older than 65 who presented after a moderate-severe injury to a non-trauma center in the US during 2016-2018.
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients treated by physicians who were randomized to either play an adventure-based video game that used narrative engagement to recalibrate physician heuristics in trauma triage or a puzzle-based video game that used analogical encoding to recalibrate physician heuristics in trauma triage.
Behavioral: Video games
Patients treated by physicians who were randomized either to nothing at all or to a text-based educational program.
See arm description
Number of patients triaged to trauma centers
The investigators will use Medicare claims to measure the number of patients, treated by study participants, who present initially to non-trauma centers after a moderate-severe injury and are transferred to a Level I/II trauma center during that episode of care. They will compare triage patterns for patients treated by physicians in the intervention and in the control groups.
Time frame: 1 year following the intervention
Number of moderate-severely injured patients who die 30-days after initial evaluation
Patient mortality 30-days after evaluation for a moderate-severe injury by a physician enrolled in the trial, compared among intervention and control groups.
Time frame: 1 year following the intervention
Frequency of resources used for patients with moderate-severe injuries treated by participants
Frequency of resources used (e.g. ICU admission, mechanical ventilation, disposition status) after initial presentation for a moderate-severe injury and treatment by a participating physician, compared among intervention and control groups.
Time frame: 1 year following intervention
Plan to share: Yes — De-identified data is available for sharing, conditional on approval by the University of Pittsburgh Office of Research and Institutional Review Board.
Supporting information: Study protocol, Sap, Analytic code
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