Assessment of Pattern of Abdominal Injury

September 10, 2022 updated by: St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia

Assesment of Pattern of Abdominal Injury Over a Two Year Period at St Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College and AaBET Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Retrospective Study

This hospital-based cross-sectional study was done at SPHMMC and AaBET hospitals from January 2018 to December 2019.The study aimed to assess the pattern of abdominal injury at St Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC) and Addis Ababa Burn, Emergency and Trauma (AaBET) hospital, Addis Ababa Ethiopia.Data was collected from the trauma registry and patient files using a pretested structured questionnaire filled out by two trained data collectors.The collected data was entered and analyzed using statistical software SPSS version 25.0.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Data was collected from the trauma registry and patient files using a pretested structured questionnaire filled out by two trained data collectors. The questionnaire was categorized into socio-demographics (age, sex, residency, and address), clinical profile (triage, v/s, type of injury, associated injury), management, and outcome (management, complication, disposition, and mortality). Completeness of data was checked by the principal investigator.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

165

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

  • Ethiopia
      • Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1000
        • St Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College

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

  • ADULT
  • OLDER_ADULT
  • CHILD

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

all patients who presented to the AaBET and SPHMMC Hospital emergency department with a clinical diagnosis of abdominal trauma during the study period.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

- All patients who are diagnosed clinically to have abdominal trauma

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients who died before diagnosis

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
Pattern of Abdominal Injury
Time Frame: Over 2 years
Frequency was analyzed in respective to socio-demographics (age, sex, residency, address), clinical profile(triage, v/s, type of injury, associated injury), management and outcome (management, complication, disposition and mortality) in patients presented with Abdominal injury in the study period.
Over 2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Kassaye D Altaye, University of Gondar

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (ACTUAL)

September 1, 2019

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

May 30, 2020

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

June 10, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 5, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 10, 2022

First Posted (ACTUAL)

September 13, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

September 13, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 10, 2022

Last Verified

September 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • StPaulsHMMc

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

The data used to support the findings of this study are available from the Principal investigator upon request.

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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