To evaluate the recovery experienced by patients with ankle sprains treated in the adult emergency department of Nantes University Hospital.
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.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
101
An initial questionnaire is completed on D0, the day of the patient's admission to the emergency department, by the practitioner in charge of the patient, and covers the patient's anamnesis, clinical examination, radiological examinations and treatment. A follow-up telephone visit is then carried out at 30 days by an investigator, to gather information on the clinical and therapeutic evolution, and to evaluate the recovery and evolution of symptoms experienced by the patient in relation to the initial management.
Nantes University Hospital
Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France
To evaluate the recovery experienced by patients with ankle sprains treated in the adult emergency department of Nantes University Hospital.
Percentage of patients feeling fully cured at D30
Time frame: 30 days
Compare healing sensation with different types of immobilization
Rate of patients feeling fully healed at D30 according to type of immobilization
Time frame: 30 days
Compare healing sensation with duration of immobilization
Rate of patients feeling fully healed at D30 according to length of immobilization
Time frame: 30 days
Compare the feeling of healing with the initial analgesic proposed
Rate of patients feeling fully healed at D30 according to initial analgesia proposed
Time frame: 30 days
Comparing the feeling of recovery according to whether or not a state-certified physiotherapist was involved in the treatment
Rate of patients feeling fully healed at D30 according to whether or not they were treated by a state-qualified physiotherapist
Time frame: 30 days
Compare the feeling of recovery according to the presence or absence of early medical reassessment
Rate of patients feeling fully cured at D30 according to the presence or absence of an early medical reassessment
Time frame: 30 days
Identify discharge prescription patterns of patients admitted for ankle sprains
Prescription rates for each of the immobilization, analgesia and remote consultation modalities
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Time frame: 30 days
Identify patients who finally received an alternative diagnosis
Rate of patients receiving an alternative diagnosis
Time frame: 30 days
Assessing patients' quality of life at D30 after an ankle sprain
Measurement of median and interquartile range of EQ-5D-5L (EuroQol 5 Dimensions 5 Levels) questionnaire results. The scale ranges from 5 (worst possible health state) to 1 (best possible health state).
Time frame: 30 days