From Short-term Surgical Missions Towards Sustainable Partnerships

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

61 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-06-01

Study Completion Date

2019-10-30

Brief Summary

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Introduction: Recently, the devastating consequences of neglected surgical care in global health became apparent with an estimated five billion people lacking access to safe surgical and anesthesia care. Traditionally, short-term surgical missions were the predominant strategy how surgical care was supported in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Although surgical missions have been criticized in recent literature they are still being performed on a large scale. The aim of this study is to provide recommendations for persons and organizations involved in surgical mission on how to strengthen surgical care in LMICs in the future.

Method: An online survey was developed for members of foreign teams. Data was collected on 5 topics, consisting of: 1) basic characteristics of the missions, 2) main activities, 2) follow-up and reporting, 3) the local registration process for foreign teams and 4) collaboration with local stakeholders.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Global Surgery Medical Missions

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

OTHER

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Interventions

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no intervention

no intervention study, survey amongst health workers

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Members of foreign teams, that did participate in at least one short-term surgical mission in a hospital in a LMIC

Exclusion Criteria

\-

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Responsible Party

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Matthijs Botman

Principal investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Global surgery amsterdam

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Site Status

Countries

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Netherlands

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol

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Other Identifiers

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2020-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id