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Protocol for a multicentre randomised feasibility STUdy evaluating the impact of a prognostic model for Management of BLunt chest wall trauma patients: STUMBL trial
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Hayley Hutchings ,
Claire O'Neill,
Samantha Groves,
Alan Watkins ,
Fiona E Lecky,
Sally Jones,
James Gagg,
Richard Body,
Adrian Evans
BMJ Open, Volume: 7, Issue: 7, Start page: e015972
Swansea University Authors:
Ceri Battle, Zoe Abbott , Hayley Hutchings , Samantha Groves, Alan Watkins , Adrian Evans
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DOI (Published version): 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-015972
Abstract
Introduction A new prognostic model has been developed and externally validated, the aim of which is to assist in the management of the blunt chest wall trauma patient in the emergency department (ED). A definitive randomised controlled trial (impact trial) is required to assess the clinical and cos...
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| ISSN: | 2044-6055 2044-6055 |
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2017
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa35944 |
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Introduction A new prognostic model has been developed and externally validated, the aim of which is to assist in the management of the blunt chest wall trauma patient in the emergency department (ED). A definitive randomised controlled trial (impact trial) is required to assess the clinical and cost effectiveness of the new model before it can be accepted in clinical practice. The purpose of this trial is to assess the feasibility and acceptability of such a definitive trial and inform its design. Methods/analysis This feasibility trial is designed to test the methods of a multicentre, cluster-randomised (stepped- wedge) trial, with a substantial qualitative component. Four EDs in England and Wales will collect data for all blunt chest wall trauma patients over a 5-month period; in the initial period acting as the controls (normal care), and in the second period acting as the interventions (in which the new model will be used). Baseline measurements including completion of the SF-12v2 will be obtained on initial assessment in the ED. Patient outcome data will then be collected for any subsequent hospitalisations. Data collection will conclude with a 6-week follow-up completion of two surveys (SF-12v2 and Client Services Receipt Inventory). Analysis of outcomes will focus on feasibility, acceptability and trial processes and will include recruitment and retention rates, attendance at clinician training rates and use of model in the ED. Qualitative feedback will be obtained through clinician interviews and a research nurse focus group. An evaluation of the feasibility of health economics outcomes data will be completed. Ethics and dissemination Wales Research Ethics Committee 6 granted approval for the trial in September 2016. Patient recruitment will commence in February 2017. Planned dissemination is through publication in a peer-reviewed Emergency Medicine Journal, presentation at appropriate conferences and to stakeholders at professional meetings. Trial registration number ISRCTN95571506; Pre-results. |
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BLunt chest wall trauma; prognostic model |
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Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |
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7 |
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e015972 |