Clinical trial NCT02602405: Return to Work After Potential Severe Injury
Official title: Return to Work After Potential Severe Injury; a Population Based Observational Study
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Multiple Trauma
Keywords: Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Return to work
Registries
Norway
Lead sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: St. Olavs Hospital
name: Statistics Norway
name: Namsos Hospital
name: Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF
name: Alesund Hospital
name: Molde Hospital
name: Kristiansund Hospital
First posted: 2015-11-11
Enrollment: 1741
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 16
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: All patients in working age received by a trauma team in any of the eight hospitals within the region of Central Norway in the period from June 1st, 2007 to May 30th, 2010

Brief summary: In Norway an estimated 10 % of the population is injured annually. Of these 36.000 sustain permanent functional impairment, 1.200 receive disability pension, and approximately 2.500 die because of their injuries. Mortality is the most common variable measuring trauma outcome. However, measuring only trauma mortality may be looking merely at the tip of the iceberg. For every trauma death, there are ten-folds suffering long term functional impairment. Mortality is therefore a too crude variable to describe the impact of injuries - both for the individual trauma patient and for society as a whole. There is a need for variables describing long-term outcomes on a functional level. The aim of this study is to use the rate of return to work and education as an alternative outcome measure. The ability of returning to work after injury is a central indicator of individual functional outcome, combining both physical and mental skills in performing complex and compound tasks. Previous studies on return to work after injury are limited by a combination of short follow-up times, the use of patient reported outcomes and having mainly been focusing on only severely injured patients (ISS \> 15). This a population-based study including all patients in working age (16 - 65 years) received by a trauma team in any of the eight hospitals within the region of Central Norway in the time period from June 1st,2007 to May 30th, 2010. Already collected trauma registry data will be linked with national register data on sickness and disability benefits, employment and education.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* exposed to traumatic injuries
* received by trauma team attendance
* received by trauma team activation protocol

Primary outcomes:
measure: Return to work
timeFrame: up to 8 years
measure: Return to education
timeFrame: up to 8 years
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Kristiansund
country: Norway
facility: Kristiansund Hospital
city: Levanger
country: Norway
facility: Levanger Hospital
city: Molde
country: Norway
facility: Molde Hospital
city: Namsos
country: Norway
facility: Namsos Hospital
city: Orkanger
country: Norway
facility: Orkanger Hospital
city: Trondheim
country: Norway
facility: St Olavs Hospital
city: Volda
country: Norway
facility: Volda Hospital
city: Ålesund
country: Norway
facility: Ålesund Hospital
Study officials:
affiliation: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
name: Pål Klepstad, md prof
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
References:
citation: Uleberg O, Pape K, Kristiansen T, Romundstad PR, Klepstad P. Population-based analysis of the impact of trauma on longer-term functional outcomes. Br J Surg. 2019 Jan;106(1):65-73. doi: 10.1002/bjs.10965. Epub 2018 Sep 17.