NAT Study
NAT study is currently in the Final Data Cleaning stage.
These sites are the papers currently slotted and assigned to PIs, please reach out to Fernanda if you are interested in starting another paper with this data set or want to participate in one of the subjects below.
Paper #1 – NAT Protocol Variation: Ready for submission to JPO. Everyone should review if they haven’t done so already.
Paper #2 – Prevalence and Epidemiology: Focuses on who was screened, total numbers, and regional variation in screening. The paper will explore reasons for this variation and is not expected to be controversial.
Paper #3 – Risk Factors for NAT Screening: This paper will address sensitive issues like the influence of race on screening. A predictive model based on age, mechanism of injury, and ADI (Area Deprivation Index) for screening will be developed.
Paper #4 – Predicting NAT Diagnosis: Focus on factors that predict NAT diagnosis. A strong predictive model will be created, showing that, for instance, children under 18 months with femur fractures have nearly double the risk of NAT compared to those over 18 months.
Paper #5 – Non-NAT Femur Fracture Treatment Variation: Examines treatment variation, fracture patterns, and treatment settings (OR vs ER). Despite the lack of outcome data, this paper is publishable, even in lower-impact journals.
The materials below are:
- NAT Protocol: Protocol that all sites use for the study
- NAT Data Entry Guide: Your guide to searching for patients, identifying eligible
- NAT Variable list: Is an overview of the variables that are being collected in the study
- NAT REDCap User Access: Shows you how to create new accounts for the REDCap and reactivate suspended accounts
For any study related questions please contact Meghana Venkatesh at Boston Children’s Hospital at meghana.venkatesh@childrens.harvard.edu and Fernanda Canizares at fernanda.canizares@childrens.harvard.edu.