Orthopaedic trauma patients' experiences with emergency department care and follow-up through Virtual Fracture Care review: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to identify factors influencing orthopaedic trauma patients' experiences and satisfaction with emergency department (ED) care and follow-up through Virtual Fracture Care (VFC) review workflow.

Design

This study employed an explorative, descriptive, qualitative design using individual, semistructured interviews.

Setting

An urban level 2 trauma centre and teaching hospital in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Participants

Eligible patients were Dutch-speaking or English-speaking orthopaedic trauma patients, aged 18 years or above, who visited the hospital's ED between June and September 2022, and were treated through VFC review workflow. Exclusion criteria were: reason for follow-up other than injury, eye/motor/verbal score <15 at ED admissi

SUBMITTER: Willinge G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10882368 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature