Observational Study of Musculoskeletal Patients in an Emergency Department in France

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

161 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-07-10

Study Completion Date

2024-07-24

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to estimate the number of patients who come to the emergency department with a musculoskeletal referral, to describe the different types of diagnosis for these patients and their treatment and discharge.

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Detailed Description

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There is a crisis in the emergency department (ED) in France, as their number of consultations have constantly increased over the past ten years . Musculoskeletal disorders (MSK) are the most common cause of consultations in ED, as an example there is an average of 30% of ED consultations being for traumatic issues . Moreover, 90% of all patients coming in ED in France have a favourable prognosis of evolution (no risk of seriousness). In this situation, one of the propositions to help to reduce the ED burden is to allow a direct access to physiotherapists. They are the recommended profession to treat patients for musculoskeletal conditions and several studies showed physiotherapy assessment and treatment in an emergency service is safe and beneficial both for the patients and the hospital teams. They have reported to increase satisfaction, to reduce medications and requirement for expensive imaging on one hand, and to reduce the costs and to give more time to the medical team on the other hand This role does not exist yet in France, although more than 48 countries across the world have implemented it, and French physiotherapists are advocating for it. A recent text has been adopted by the French government allowing patients with recent ankle sprain or low back pain to self-refer to physiotherapists working in hospitals or in care home. . However, this access is very restricted, which will make the implementation difficult as it might not be sufficient to assist the ED. Moreover, there is a lack of information on the number and the type of diagnostic of patients with a MSK label coming to the ED, which makes it difficult to assess the impact this role could have on French ED.

In this context, a retrospective survey, describing how many patients with a musculoskeletal label are coming to the ED, and how they are managed, could help to estimate the worthiness of physiotherapist direct access in French ED.

Question : What is the proportion, the type of diagnostic and the management of musculoskeletal disorder in emergency department in one hospital in France?

Conditions

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Musculoskeletal Pain

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Data collection

Collection of various data from patients' medical file, such as demographic data, diagnostic results, discharge, treatment....

Data collection

Intervention Type OTHER

Collection of various data from patients' medical file, such as demographic data, diagnostic results, discharge, treatment....

Interventions

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Data collection

Collection of various data from patients' medical file, such as demographic data, diagnostic results, discharge, treatment....

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients aged between 18 and 68
* Patients admitted to emergency with a triage by the Reception and Referral Nurse of 0, 1 or 2
* Patients who consulted for one of the following reasons:

Lower limb pain (T13.9) Lower limb trauma (M79.61) Upper limb pain (T11.9) Upper limb trauma (M79.60) Spinal pain (M54.9) Lumbar or flank pain (R10.3) Diffuse/unspecific pain (R52.9) Loss of sensitivity/paraesthesia

\- Patients informed of the study and who did not object

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients with another reason for consultation associated with the first
* Patients under guardianship / curatorship and patients under safeguard of justice.

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

68 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No