Trial reportJournal of injury & violence research2021
Evaluating implementation of WHO Trauma Care Checklist vs. modified WHO checklist in improving trauma patient clinical outcomes and satisfaction.
Trial report in Journal of injury & violence research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06944340 (Evaluating the Impact of World Health Organization Trauma Care Checklist on Clinical Outcome of Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers.
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Evaluating the Impact of World Health Organization Trauma Care Checklist on Clinical Outcome of Patients: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.
- Standardized trauma intake form with clinical decision support prompts improves care and reduces mortality for seriously injured patients in non-tertiary hospitals in Ghana: stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial.The British journal of surgery · 2023Trial
- Application of a Nursing Quality Improvement Checklist in the Emergency Treatment of Trauma Patients.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2026Article
- A Prospective Quality Improvement Program to Reduce Prolonged Postoperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Ethiopia.Surgical infections · 2024Article
- Assessment and reassessment of injured patients at non-tertiary hospitals in Ghana: A stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2024Article
- Achievement of Key Performance Indicators in Initial Assessment and Care of Injured Patients in Ghanaian Non-tertiary Hospitals: An Observational Study.World journal of surgery · 2022Observational
- Comparing trauma mortality of injured patients in India and the USA: a risk-adjusted analysis.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2021Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundUse of checklist in evaluation of trauma patients has been a critical component of improving the care process and reducing medical errors and increasing patient's quality of life. We aim to assess the impact of the modified World Health Organization Trauma Care Checklist (WHO TCC) on the management of pain, complications, mortality and patient satisfaction in trauma patients.
methodsThis was a randomized control trial (RTC). Trauma patients referred to the trauma center and met the eligibility criteria were randomly assigned into three study groups. Group 1 were patients who received trauma care without using the WHO checklist, and only by the standard of care. Group 2 were patients who received trauma care according to the WHO's checklist, and group 3 were patients received trauma care according to the WHO's modified checklist. We used independent t-test and chi-square tests to assess the association between the study variables with checklist groups. The significance level of tests was set for p-value less than 0.05.
resultsWe observed patients' level of pain, Injury Severity Score (ISS), Glasgow Coma Criterion (GCS) and patient satisfaction significantly improved across the checklist groups, but more so in the modified checklist group (P less than 0.001). Similarly, findings reveal significant relationships between all clinical characteristics of the patients and checklist groups, except for a CT Scan of the spinal cord. We were unable to establish any significant associations between the checklist groups and the majority of the selected trauma care process measures, except for missed injury (p = 0.001).
conclusionsBoth the WHO TCC and the WHO modified checklist, in the initial assessment and during the treatment and care processes, enhance patients' clinical outcomes. However, patients in the modified checklist compared to WHO TCC reported a higher level of satisfaction. Implications and future directions are discussed.
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