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

NCT ID: NCT03133702

Last Updated: 2017-04-28

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 4300 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2014-01-01
• Study Completion Date: 2014-12-31

Brief 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.

Detailed Description

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.

Conditions

Emergencies; Trauma

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE

Interventions

Forensic cases

Forensic cases which were admitted to the Emergency Department

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

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

Exclusion Criteria

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

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 120 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Adiyaman University Research Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Umut Gulacti

Dr

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Umut Gulacti

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Adiyaman University of Medical Faculty

Locations

Adiyaman University Research Hospital

Adıyaman, Central, Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

References

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

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 24051588 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

ADYU 6

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id