Clinical trial NCT06891027: Loss of Parental Workforce in Paediatric Fractures
Official title: Loss of Parental Workforce in Paediatric Fractures
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Pediatric Fractures
Lower Extremity Fractures
Upper Extremity Fractures
Keywords: pediatric fracture
parental workforce
loss of workforce
Lead sponsor: Ankara Etlik City Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER_GOV
First posted: 2025-03-24
Enrollment: 203
Sex: ALL
Maximum age (years): 18
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Parents of patients aged \<18 years who were admitted to Ankara Etlik City Hospital Emergency Orthopaedics and Traumatology Outpatient Clinic and other Orthopaedics and Traumatology Outpatient Clinics and underwent plaster splinting due to any extremity fracture

Brief summary: Childhood fractures are frequently encountered in orthopaedic practice. 40-64% of boys and 25-40% of girls have at least one fracture by the age of 16. Children, who are more fragile than adults, usually require additional care support during the treatment process. Labour force statistics have determined that one third of the loss of labour force occurs after musculoskeletal injuries.

When the literature is examined, there are many studies investigating loss of labour force after fractures. It was found that 20% of the patients never returned to work after distal radius fracture and the average loss of labour force was 9.2 weeks. In another study, while the return to work period was 60 days in minor hand injuries, it was reported that the return to work could increase to 360 days in major hand injuries. In another study, the average return to work time in patients aged \>50 years with fragility fractures was found to be 20.5 days. The rate of return to work after traumatic spinal fracture was found to be only 38.1%.

In daily practice, the investigators observe that parents frequently do not go to work for child care after child fractures. However, there is no similar study investigating this loss of labour force after pediatric fractures in the literature. In this study, the investigators aimed to investigate the loss of parental labour force (LWL) in conservatively followed pediatric fractures


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* patients \<18 years of age who underwent plaster splinting for any extremity fracture

Exclusion Criteria:

* Parents of patients aged \>18 years
* Parents of patients undergoing surgical treatment
* Parents of patients whose initial diagnosis or follow-up was performed at an external centre
* Patients with one parent not working (patients with one working parent will be excluded)
* Parents of patients who did not want to participate in the study

Primary outcomes:
measure: Loss of Parental Workforce Questionnaire
timeFrame: from first presentation after fracture to the end of treatment (approximately 6 weeks in conservative cases, 3 months in surgical treatments)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Children's Return to School Time
timeFrame: from first presentation after fracture to the end of treatment (approximately 6 weeks in conservative cases, 3 months in surgical treatments)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Ankara
country: Turkey
facility: Ankara Etlik City Hospital
state: Yenimahalle
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