A 13-years Nationwide Study of Alpine Accidents in Austria

• Conditions: Alpine Accident; Cycling; Snowshoeing; Canyoning; Alpine Water-sport; Sleighing; Hiking; Climbing; Skiing/Snowboarding
• Interventions: Other: general and specific data

• Registration Number: NCT03755050
• Lead Sponsor: Medical University Innsbruck

Brief Summary

Brief Summary:

This observational study intends to analyze the characteristic of specific accidents happened in Austrian's mountainous regions. The mechanisms of accidents which are evaluated are accidents while using a sleigh, climbing accidents, cycle accidents, canyoning accidents, hiking accidents, snowshoeing accidents, water-sport accidents, ski and snowboard accidents.

Detailed Description

The data are collected retrospectively from the database of Austrian alpine police force. These data are analyzed. The information from this database (scene of accident, weather, daytime...) is compared to secondary data collected from the University Hospital of Innsbruck. The comparison of both databases was approved by the Austrian Data Protection Agency. The goal of the study is to give detailed information of circumstances leading to accident and give medical information of the patient's condition and his outcome.

The method to collect data and to analyze is the same than in AN4757 315/4.4 (NCT03405467).

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-11-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-11-26
• Study First Posted: 2018-11-27
• Study Start: 2018-12-22
• Primary Completion: 2020-05-27
• Status Verified: 2021-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-09-07
• Last Update Posted: 2021-09-08
• Study Completion: 2022-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20000

Inclusion Criteria

• All patients with the criteria for an alpine accident characteristics described under "Conditions".

Exclusion Criteria

• All patients without accident characteristics described under "Conditions".
• All patients which suffered an accident not in alpine environment.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Canyoning Accident	general and specific data	Accident occurred while doing canyoning
Sleigh Accident	general and specific data	Accident while using a sleigh
Climbing Accident	general and specific data	Accident occurred while climbing (rock, ice)
Skiing/Snowboarding	general and specific data	Accident occurred while using ski or a snowboard either in backcountry or on ski slope
Cycle Accident	general and specific data	Accident occurred while using any form of cycle in the mountains (e.g. bike, mountainbike, e-bike)
Hiking Accident	general and specific data	Accident occurred while hiking in mountainous area.
Snowshoeing Accident	general and specific data	Accident occurred while doing Snowshoeing
Mountainous Water-sport Accident	general and specific data	Accident occurred while doing any type of Water-sport (e.g. canoeing, kayaking, tubing, swimming) in mountainous environment.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of persons suffered an accident in Alpine Mountains in Austria	2005-2018	The number of persons which suffered one of the specified accidents. (n/year)
Gender of persons suffered an accident in Alpine Mountains in Austria	2005-2018	Gender male/female or non specified which suffered one of the specified accidents. (n/year)
Mortality of persons suffered an accident in Alpine Mountains in Austria	2005-2018	Number of persons deceased (deceased/n per year) which suffered one of the specified accidents.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Gender of patients treated per injury pattern at Medical University of Innsbruck, a major trauma center in western Austria.	2005-2018	male/female, unspecified treated at Medical University of Innsbruck (n/year)
Abbreviated Injury severity scale (AIS) per injury pattern at Medical University of Innsbruck, a major trauma center in western Austria.	2005-2018	Abbreviated Injury Severity Scale of suffered injury (1-6 points; scale - minor, moderate, serious, severe, critical, maximum)
Number of patients treated per injury pattern at Medical University of Innsbruck, a major trauma center in western Austria.	2005-2018	(n/year) treated at Medical University of Innsbruck
Injury severity score (ISS) per injury pattern at Medical University of Innsbruck, a major trauma center in western Austria.	2005-2018	Injury severity score of suffered injury (ISS=AIS\*AIS)
Type of evacuation	2005-2018	Type of evacuation (terrestrial, helicopter, combined terrestrial and helicopter) (n/year)
Mortality depending on evacuation type	2005-2018	Number of fatalities depending on type of evacuation (n/year)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

General and Surgical Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck; 🇦🇹 Innsbruck, Austria