ROARI – Road Accident Rehabilitation Initiative

Phase 4

Completed

• Conditions: Motor vehicle accident injuries; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation

• Registration Number: ACTRN12610000065099
• Lead Sponsor: St Vincent's Hospital

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2010-01-20
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

Adults (aged 18 or over presenting to the emergency department following road trauma
- Able to provide informed consent
- Willingness to participate in and comply with the study.
- Deemed suitable by medical team for consent

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients who have suffered a severe traumatic brain injury as defined by 1 of the following:
- Glasgow Coma Score of 8 or lower
- Loss of consciousness for more than 24 hours
- Post-traumatic amnesia of 7 or more days.
* Patients experiencing spinal cord injury
* Those unable to read, speak or write English language:
- Severe deafness and unable to hold a phone conversation
- No fixed abode
- No phone
- Overseas tourist leaving Australia within 18 months
- Those with preexisting cognitive impairment who are unable to identify a person responsible or next-of-kin.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Return to work (full or suitable duties) rates via a questionnaire[3 months for mild-moderate and 6 months for severe injury post road accident from baseline]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Return to driving (questionnaire)[week 6, week 12 and week 26 from baseline];Return to usual activities (determined by phone interview and the Short Form 12 (SF-12) Health Survey)[week 6, week 12 and week 26 from baseline];Physical /Functional Measure: Modified Barthels Index[week 6, week 12 and week 26 from baseline];Medication, alcohol and drug utilization: alcohol use disorders identification test (Interview andthe 'Cut-Annoyed-Guilty-Eye' [CAGE] questions)[week 6, week 12 and week 26 from baseline];Health services utilization (questionnaire)[week 6, week 12 and week 26 from baseline];Psychological & health measures: Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21), Orebro Muscoskeletal Pain Questionnaire (OMPQ) (Modified) for attitude to pain (this includes an Experienced Pain Index created from 2 items of the OMPQ by multiplying average pain intensity during the last 3 months (scored out of 10) by pain frequency (scored out of 10))[week 6, week 12 and week 26 from baseline]