Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT05425537
Drowning in Denmark: A Registry-based Study of Fatal and Non-fatal Drowning From 2016 to 2023
The Epidemiological Profile of Non-fatal and Fatal Drowning: A Danish Nationwide Registry-based Cohort Study
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 1,664 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Prehospital Center, Region Zealand · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- —
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Using nationwide data from the prehospital electronic health records from 2016 to 2023, this registry-based cohort study aims to establish a nationwide epidemiological profile of non-fatal and fatal drowning patients in Denmark in adherence with the Utstein Style For Drowning (USFD) recommended guidelines for uniform reporting of data from drowning. This includes reporting the annual incidence rates per 100,000 person-years, assessing the associations between predefined prognostic variables and 30-day survival, and reporting the spatial distribution of drowning incidents presented on a map of Denmark.
Detailed description
Purpose The purpose of this study is to establish a nationwide epidemiological profile of non-fatal and fatal drowning patients in Denmark which can be used to target educational, preventative, rescue, or treatment strategies to reduce the number of fatal and non-fatal drowning incidents in Denmark. Objectives The primary objective is to estimate the yearly incidence rates of drowning patients in Denmark treated by the Danish Emergency Medical Services from 2016 to 2023. The secondary objective is to report the associations between predefined prognostic variables and 30-day survival. Study design A nationwide registry-based study with data from the Danish Drowning Cohort (extracted from the prehospital electronic health records using syndromic surveillance and extensive manual validation) from 2016 to 2023 with 30-day follow-up.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Drowning incident | Drowning is defined by the WHO in 2002 as "the process of experiencing respiratory impairment from submersion or immersion in liquid" |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2016-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2023-03-31
- Completion
- 2025-03-01
- First posted
- 2022-06-21
- Last updated
- 2025-05-04
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Denmark
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