An observational study in Discrimination, Racial, Pain Management and Emergency Medicine, sponsored by Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes. Completed at 2 sites in 2 countries. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-01-23.
Sponsored by Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes · Observational
This study consists of a clinical vignette presented to emergency physicians asking them what they would prescribe to a patient with acute abdominal pain.
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This study's enrollment of 1,063 is above the median of 243 across 12 observational studies indexed under Racism.
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Population will consist in emergency medicine resident and physician, speaking French or English, in European countries.
The population will be recruited with the use of professional networks and social medias
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Exclusion Criteria:
the case will present a non black man
Behavioral: opioid prescription
the case will present a non black man
Behavioral: opioid prescription
the case will present a non black woman
Behavioral: opioid prescription
the case will present a black woman
Behavioral: opioid prescription
The intervention consisted of a randomized questionnaire presenting a clinical case of a patient suffering from severe abdominal pain. The control case was "As an emergency physician in an adult emergency department, you are presented with the following patient: The patient is a 39-year-old non-smoking male/female with a history of Meniere's disease and an allergy to Bactrim. He/she presents with abdominal pain that began abruptly 2 hours ago and has persisted despite taking NEFOPAM 45 minutes ago. This is his first episode. His/her vital signs are blood pressure 140/66, heart rate 91, pulse ox 97%, temperature 36.8°C. He/she rates his/her pain as 8/10 without any analgesic position. On clinical examination he/she presents with localized epigastric tenderness. The rest of the abdomen is soft, painless and depressed. There are hydro-aeriform noises. No diarrhea or vomiting. The rest of the clinical examination showed no abnormalities.". In the intervention case, patient had history of S
Morphine prescription
The proportion of patient for which physician would have prescribed morphine
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
Analgesic prescription between groups
To compare analgesic prescription between groups
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
factors associated with differences in management between groups
identify factors associated with differences in management (urgency level, morphine prescription and computed tomography scan ordering)
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
Differences according to patient and practitioner gender
analyze the difference in morphine treatment prescribed according to patient and practitioner gender
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
Plan to share: No
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