Emergency department-based injury surveillance information system: a conceptual model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Injury data play a pivotal role in monitoring public health issues and Injury Surveillance Information Systems (ISIS) are useful for continuous data collection and analysis purposes. Since emergency department (ED) is usually the first place of referral for the injured people, the aim of this study was to develop a conceptual model for an ED-based ISIS.

Methods

This study was completed in 2020 and the Delphi technique (three rounds) was used to determine the main components of an ED-based ISIS. The participants were selected using the purposive sampling method. A 5-point Likert scale questionnaire was used for data collection and data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.

Results

In the first, second, and third rounds of the Delphi study, 60, 44, and

SUBMITTER: Mirani N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10232345 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature