Clinical trial NCT06657937: Evaluation of the Recovery Experienced by Patients After an Ankle Sprain Treated in the Emergency Department of Nantes University Hospital
Official title: ANKHEAL - Evaluation of the Recovery Experienced by Patients After an Ankle Sprain Treated in the Emergency Department of Nantes University Hospital
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Ankle Sprains
Keywords: Emergency
Healing
Ankle
Sprain
Lead sponsor: Nantes University Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-10-26
Enrollment: 101
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 70
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: CASE_ONLY
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: The study population will consist of patients admitted to adult emergency departments with ankle sprains.

Brief summary: To evaluate the recovery experienced by patients with ankle sprains treated in the adult emergency department of Nantes University Hospital.

Detailed description: The aim of this study is therefore to establish the current situation by describing the practices of doctors working in the adult emergency department of the Nantes University Hospital regarding the initial treatment of ankle sprains, and to assess the rate of recovery experienced by patients one month after their trauma. This preliminary study may be pursued in the future, with a view to proposing new recommendations for the management of ankle sprains in the emergency department.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patient over 18 years of age
* Presenting an isolated ankle sprain
* Visiting Nantes CHU emergency department for this reason
* Patient able to read and speak French
* Patient covered by a social security scheme

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patient \> 70 years old
* Patients requiring hospitalization following a visit to the emergency department
* Any intercurrent pathology that may affect the management of the ankle sprain
* Associated ankle fracture
* Patients under legal protection.

Primary outcomes:
measure: To evaluate the recovery experienced by patients with ankle sprains treated in the adult emergency department of Nantes University Hospital.
timeFrame: 30 days
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Compare healing sensation with different types of immobilization
timeFrame: 30 days
measure: Compare healing sensation with duration of immobilization
timeFrame: 30 days
measure: Compare the feeling of healing with the initial analgesic proposed
timeFrame: 30 days
measure: Comparing the feeling of recovery according to whether or not a state-certified physiotherapist was involved in the treatment
timeFrame: 30 days
measure: Compare the feeling of recovery according to the presence or absence of early medical reassessment
timeFrame: 30 days
measure: Identify discharge prescription patterns of patients admitted for ankle sprains
timeFrame: 30 days
measure: Identify patients who finally received an alternative diagnosis
timeFrame: 30 days
measure: Assessing patients' quality of life at D30 after an ankle sprain
timeFrame: 30 days
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Nantes
country: France
facility: Nantes University Hospital
state: Loire-Atlantique
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