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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Orthopaedic Practice

NCT ID: NCT05026788

Last Updated: 2021-10-18

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

5000 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-03-17

Study Completion Date

2022-04-30

Brief Summary

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The COVERT Collaborative is led by a group of academic surgeons that is looking into the impact of the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic on Trauma and Orthopaedic practice. This will involve both trauma and elective procedures, as well as mortality rates, operative and anaesthetic case mix. The information will help to shape service reconfiguration and enhance patient-specific treatment especially in the threat of potential subsequent waves and future pandemics.

Detailed Description

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In response to the health crisis, it is the responsibility of clinicians to audit and collaborate in order to observe the impact of the pandemic on clinical practice. With the restructure of the health infrastructure, there is likely to be changes to the nature of acute referrals to Trauma and Orthopaedics, operative and anaesthetic casemix, polytrauma and open fractures as well as the role of technology to reduce viral transmission. Patient safety ought to be prioritised at all times but a national narrative is required to equip healthcare services to counter the pandemic at various time intervals post-social distancing and lockdown at 1.5, 3, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months. This will act as an audit to compare and contrast if the reconfiguration of healthcare services is abiding by the governmental, DoH, NHS, WHO, RCS and BOA (BOAST) policies and guidelines.

Conditions

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Covid19 Trauma Orthopedic Disorder Anesthesia Morality

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Intra-COVID lockdown

Any patients treated for orthopaedic trauma within the mandatory lockdown due to the pandemic.

type of treatment

Intervention Type OTHER

pathway of management for conservative treatment, operative treatment and type of anaesthesia used

Pre/post-COVID lockdown

Any patients treated for orthopaedic trauma either before or after the imposition of lockdown induced by the pandemic.

type of treatment

Intervention Type OTHER

pathway of management for conservative treatment, operative treatment and type of anaesthesia used

Interventions

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type of treatment

pathway of management for conservative treatment, operative treatment and type of anaesthesia used

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* anyone presenting with orthopaedic trauma to the Emergency Department who has been referred to the on-call Trauma and Orthopaedic team for further management.

Exclusion Criteria

* spinal trauma
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Kapil Sugand

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

London, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

References

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Park C, Sugand K, Nathwani D, Bhattacharya R, Sarraf KM. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on orthopedic trauma workload in a London level 1 trauma center: the "golden month". Acta Orthop. 2020 Oct;91(5):556-561. doi: 10.1080/17453674.2020.1783621. Epub 2020 Jun 23.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 32573331 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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1414607

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id