Emergency Surgery During Covid Compared to Emergency Surgery During Pre-covid Period

July 25, 2022 updated by: Giovanna Pavone, University of Foggia

Is Emergency Surgery Back to Pre-covid-19 Era? Our Cohort Study

The aim of this study is to analyze the trend of hospitalizations and how emergency operations have qualitatively and quantitatively changed in our Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences of the Foggia Hospital from 2019 (pre-covid era) to date.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

356

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Italy
      • Foggia, Italy, 71122
        • University of Foggia

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Probability Sample

Study Population

Our cohort-study was conducted by analyzing four groups of patients admitted to the Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences of the Hospital of Foggia, Apulia southern part of Italy :

  • group 1: people admitted during the no-covid period from March 09th, 2019 to May 09th, 2019;
  • group 2: people admitted from March 09th, 2020 to May 09th, 2020;
  • group 3: people admitted from March 09th, 2021 to May 09th, 2021
  • group 4: people admitted from March 09th, 2022 to May 09th, 2022

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients underwent emergency surgery from March 2019 to May 2022

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients underwent elective surgery

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Is emergency surgery back to pre-covid-19 era?
Time Frame: From March 2019 to May 2022
How emergency surgery has changed during covid pandemic
From March 2019 to May 2022

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of Foggia

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Giovanna Pavone, University of Foggia

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

March 9, 2019

Primary Completion (Actual)

May 9, 2021

Study Completion (Actual)

May 9, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 25, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 25, 2022

First Posted (Actual)

July 27, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

July 27, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 25, 2022

Last Verified

July 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 6

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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