Clinical trial NCT04778332: Trottinettes Urgences 2019-2020
Official title: Risk Assessment, Consequences and Epidemiology of Electric Scooter Accidents Admitted to Emergency Departments.
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Traumatic Injury
Accidental Injury
Alcohol Drinking
Traffic Accident
Emergencies
Keywords: Electronic Scooter
Helmet
Traumatic injury
Alcohol Drinking
Traffic Accident
Emergencies
Lead sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint Pierre
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-03-03
Enrollment: 170
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 16
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: All the patient presenting at the ED for traumatic lesion following e-sccoter accident

Brief summary: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the risk, consequences and epidemiology of electric scooter accidents admitted to the emergency room at St. Pierre University Hospital.

This prospective observational study aims to include any patient admitted to the Adult Emergency Department of St.Pierre University Hospital Brussels following an accident related to the use of an electric scooter in order to describe and understand the epidemiology, complications and treatment of injuries associated with this means of transport.

It is intended to include all accidents occurring in the emergency room during the period from 01/06/2019 to 30/06/2020.

Detailed description: All patients over the age of 16 years with traumatic injuries due to an accident related to the use of an electric scooter were included in the study.

Upon admission to the Emergency Department, patients over 16 years of age who accepted were included in the study. The objectives of the study were firstly to describe the context and incidence of scooter accidents, and secondly to understand the epidemiology, complications and treatment of injuries associated with this means of transport and finally, to estimate the economic impact assessed by the number of days of post-traumatic work disability, the need for access to more specialised and therefore more expensive care (operating theatre interventions, scanner-type radiological examinations or hospitalisation in intensive care units).

The data analyzed were based on :

1) the time and day of the accident, 2) the time of presentation at the hospital (same day or after the accident), 3) the mechanism of the accident, whether there were one or two people on the scooter, 4) the use or non-use of the protective helmet, 5) the influence of alcohol ; 6) the mode of arrival at the emergency room (type of ambulance or by one's own means); 7) the injury assessment, paraclinical examinations; 8) treatments; 9) hospitalization or not; 10) temporary work interruptions .

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion criteria:

* All patients with traumatic lesion following electric sccoter accident
* Be able to agree to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

* \< 16 years
* Unconscious
* Being unable to agree to participate in the study

Primary outcomes:
measure: description of traumatic injuries
timeFrame: during the first 24 hours.
measure: Arrival mode
timeFrame: Up to one year
measure: Timing of arrival
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Accident mechanism
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: alcohol
timeFrame: baseline up to 24 hours
measure: Hour of admission
timeFrame: Baseline up to 24 hours
measure: Ownership
timeFrame: Baseline up to 24 hours
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Treatment
timeFrame: Up to 24 hours
measure: Paraclinical examination
timeFrame: Up to 24 hours
measure: orientation
timeFrame: Up to 24 hours
measure: Cost of the treatment
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Bruxelles
country: Belgium
facility: CHU saint-Pierre
Study officials:
affiliation: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint Pierre
name: Pierre YOUATOU TOWO
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Gan-El E, Ngatchou Djomo W, Pascu Ciobanu AM, Kaufman L, Nde Djiele F, Ulrix M, Kreps B, Plumacker A, Malinverni S, Bartiaux M, Youatou Towo P. Risk assessment, consequences, and epidemiology of electric scooter accidents admitted to an emergency department: a prospective observational study. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2022 Dec;48(6):4847-4855. doi: 10.1007/s00068-022-02019-5. Epub 2022 Jun 21.