The impact of polytrauma in children at least one year post injury
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Which domains of a child's life are most affected by significant traumatic injury at least one year post injury?
IRAS ID
188745
Contact name
Annette Coomer
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Department of Research & Innovation, Great Ormond Street Hospital & Institute of Child Health
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Z6364106/2016/02/21, Data protection Registration; 15/0933, UCL R&D
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 5 months, 30 days
Research summary
The study aims to gather information to understand more about how different domains of children’s lives are affected by sustaining significant musculoskeletal injury through traumatic accidents. There are approximately 20,000 cases of major trauma in adults and children in England every year (National Audit Office, 2010) with over 4,000 cases in children registered on a national database in 2012 (Trauma Audit and Research Network, 2012). Little is currently known about the medium to long term effects of these types of injuries in children. Previous studies have been undertaken in overseas populations and with mixed populations including children sustaining head injuries (Van der Sluis et al 1997, Gabbe et al 2011). There has not been any research undertaken of this nature in the UK. Understanding the long term effects of trauma in children will help inform the ongoing management and service provision for children who sustain similar injuries in the future.
The information will be gathered through one off semistructured interviews with children who are aged between 5 and 18 years who were admitted to St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London between 1 and 5 years ago with a traumatic injury. Children with brain injuries will not be included. Up to 20 children will be interviewed, with a parent or guardian present, over a period of 6 months. Different aspects which may be discussed include physical abilities, participation and social interaction, ongoing health needs/health service involvement, psychological/emotional impact, school attainment/vocation, and other perceived areas of impact.
The information gathered from the interviews will be coded into themes for analysis based on the principles of phenomenology.REC name
London - West London & GTAC Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/LO/0518
Date of REC Opinion
12 Apr 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion