Feasibility of a cluster randomised trial on the effect of trauma life support training: a pilot study in India.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the feasibility of conducting a cluster randomised controlled trial comparing the effects of Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) and Primary Trauma Care (PTC) with standard care on patient outcomes.

Design

This was a pilot pragmatic three-armed parallel, cluster randomised, controlled trial conducted between April 2022 and February 2023. Patients were followed up for 30 days.

Setting

Tertiary care hospitals across metropolitan areas in India.

Participants

Adult trauma patients and residents managing these patients were included.

Interventions

ATLS or PTC training was provided for residents in the intervention arms.

Main outcomes and measures

The outcomes were the consent rate, loss to follow-up rate, missing data rates, differe

SUBMITTER: Gerdin Warnberg M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12699583 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature