CLARITY is a study which aims to improve patient care pathways and to ensure that patients with suspected appendicitis receive the appropriate care that they need
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Improve patient care pathways in patients with suspected appendicitisDigestive System
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN16757238
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Birmingham
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Ongoing
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 4800
Inclusion Criteria
Patients:
1. Age 16 - 39 years
2. Attending hospital with right iliac fossa pain
Health professionals:
1. Members of the acute general surgery team
Exclusion Criteria
Patients:
1. Previous appendicectomy
2. Current pregnancy
3. Patients with RIF pain under the care of secondary teams (other than general surgery team)
Heath professionals:
1. Doctors and allied health professionals that are not part of the acute general surgical team
2. Members of the general surgical team that are not involved in the diagnostic assessment and management of patients with RIF pain
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method