Investigators from eight tertiary care, level 1 pediatric trauma centers have developed a protocol for the establishment of a formal, prospective multi-center adolescent clavicle registry, with designs for standardized radiographic assessment and the prospective collection of validated outcome measures and complications data, for all patients, ages 10-18, treated for clavicle shaft fractures, operatively and non-operatively. Eventually, the investigators would like to do comparative analysis for the operative and non-operative treatment arms, with additional sub-stratified analyses performed within these treatment arms by age and activity level. Among the primary goals of research projects stemming from the first arm of this registry, FACTS A, is to explore the hypothesis that non-operative treatment is associated with lower costs, greater safety, and equivalent or superior outcomes, compared with operative treatment, despite a national trend towards increasing surgical treatment. The second arm of the registry, FACTS B, will continue to investigate the same hypotheses, excluding cost outcomes, in patients only with completely displaced midshaft clavicle fractures.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
250
University of California San Francisco Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
Oakland, California, United States
Rady Children's Hospital
San Diego, California, United States
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
University of Michigan Medical Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Washington University at St. Louis
St Louis, Missouri, United States
Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital
Dallas, Texas, United States
Changes in functional score from time of injury (or from time of surgery) using the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons score (ASES)
Patient-reported function over time will be assessed using the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons score (ASES). The ASES is a composite instrument comprised of two sections, including patient self-reported pain (7 items) and patient self-reported activities of daily living (10 items). Scores range from 0 to 100 with a score of 0 indicating a worse shoulder condition and 100 indicating a better shoulder condition.
Time frame: 2 years
Changes in functional score from time of injury (or from time of surgery) using the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand Score (Quick-DASH).
Patient reported function over time will be assessed using the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand Score (Quick-DASH). The QuickDASH questionnaire evaluates presence and degree of symptoms as well as perceived ability to perform functional tasks with the injured upper extremity. There are 5 responses for each question, graded on a scale from '1' to '5'. A response of '1' reflects the patient's perception to have either 'no symptoms', no limitations, or no perceived disability to the question prompt. A response of '5' reflects the patient's perception to have either 'extreme' symptoms, or inability to perform the task prompted in the question.
Time frame: 2 years
Changes in Activity Level from time of injury (or from time of surgery) using the Marx Shoulder Activity Scale.
Patient-reported activity level over time will be assessed using the Marx Shoulder Activity Scale. This questionnaire rates the frequency for which a patient is able to perform five functional activities with the injured upper extremity. Each prompt is rated on a five-point frequency scale from 'never performed' (0 points) to 'daily' (4 points). Two additional questions regarding ability to participate in sports generally considered 'contact sports' and ability to participate in sports involving 'overhead throwing' are rated on a scaled from 'No' (0 points) to 'Yes, on a professional level' (3 points). A higher cumulative score is reflective of 'better' function.
Time frame: 2 years
Patient Quality of Life after injury (or surgery) using the EQ-5D-3L.
Patient reported quality of life will be assessed through distribution of the EQ-5D-3L questionnaire. The EQ-5D-3L questionnaire is comprised from 5 dimensions including: mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression. Each dimension has 3 levels: no problems, some problems, and extreme problems. The patient is asked to indicate his/her health state by ticking the box next to the most appropriate statement in each of the five dimensions. This decision results into a 1-digit number that expresses the level selected for that dimension. The digits for the five dimensions can be combined into a 5-digit number that describes the patient's health state. Responses are scored on an algorithm in which a higher number is indicative of a greater quality of life.
Time frame: 2 years
Patient Quality of Life after injury (or surgery) using the EQ-VAS.
Patient reported quality of life will be assessed through distribution of the EQ-VAS questionnaire. The EQ VAS records the patient's self-rated health on a vertical visual analogue scale where the endpoints are labelled 'Best imaginable health state' and 'Worst imaginable health state' ranging from the numerical value of '100' ('Best imaginable health state') to '0' ('Worst imaginable health state'). The VAS can be used as a quantitative measure of health outcome that reflects the patient's own judgement.
Time frame: 2 years
Patient Satisfaction with treatment outcome after injury (or surgery)
Patients will be asked a series of 'yes-no' questions as well as questions related to their clinical progression since time of treatment for which responses range from 'completely satisfied' to 'completely unsatisfied'. If a patient underwent internal fixation with implanted hardware, the patient will be asked whether or not the hardware is bothersome. The rate of choice selection for each response, per question, will be cumulatively assessed.
Time frame: 2 years
Patient Return-to-Sport after injury (or surgery)
Patients will be asked their ability to return to sporting activities and level of competition compared to before their clavicle injury. Self-reported athletes will be further queried as to what sport/s they returned to, and whether they returned to the same level of competition. If athletes have not returned to play, or have returned at a less competitive level, they will be asked whether the change in sport participation or sport intensity was related to the clavicle injury, or due to other circumstances. The rate of choice selection for each response, per question, will be cumulatively assessed.
Time frame: 2 years
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