Alshibani, A., Banerjee, J., Lecky, F. orcid.org/0000-0001-6806-0921 et al. (6 more authors) (2020) A consensus building exercise to determine research priorities for silver trauma. BMC Emergency Medicine, 20 (1). 63. ISSN 1471-227X
Abstract
Background
Emergency care research into ‘Silver Trauma’, which is simply defined as major trauma consequent upon relatively minor injury mechanisms, is facing many challenges including that at present, there is no clear prioritisation of the issues. This study aimed to determine the top research priorities to guide future research.
Methods
This consensus-based prioritization exercise used a three-stage modified Delphi technique. The study consisted of an idea generating (divergent) first round, a ranking evaluation in the second round, and a (convergent) consensus meeting in the third round.
Results
A total of 20 research questions advanced to the final round of this study. After discussing the importance and clinical significance of each research question, five research questions were prioritised by the experts; the top three research priorities were:
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What are older people’s preferred goals of trauma care?
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Beyond the Emergency Department (ED), what is the appropriate combined geriatric and trauma care?
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Do older adults benefit from access to trauma centres? If so, do older trauma patients have equitable access to trauma centre compared to younger adults?
Conclusion
The results of this study will assist clinicians, researchers, and organisations that are interested in silver trauma in guiding their future efforts and funding toward addressing the identified research priorities.
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Keywords: | Injury; Geriatrics; Older adults; Emergency; Prehospital; Research questions; Trauma; Triage |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Health and Related Research (Sheffield) > ScHARR - Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 02 Oct 2020 13:26 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 22:25 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1186/s12873-020-00357-4 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:165578 |
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