Strengthening emergency care by developing data collection systems in low- and middle-income countries

Investigating the characteristics of health-related data collection tools used in randomised controlled trials in low-income and middle-income countries: protocol for a systematic review

“…8 One article highlighted that identifying and improving pre-existing data collection tools in LMICs can be instrumental in saving lives, particularly in emergency departments. 9 LMICs, which include LMICs, are defined as those with a Gross National Income (GNI) per capita of below US$4255. 10 The country classification by GNI per capita for 2023 is presented in table 1.…”

Developing an intervention to manage professional isolation among emergency nurses working in Lesotho: an action research approach.

“…Clinical research focusing on the EDs in low-resource environments is limited, although these environments carry over 40% of the total burden of diseases resulting from conditions that could be treated with prehospital and emergency care (Hirner, Saunders & Stassen, 2022;Millum, Beecroft, Hardcastle et al, 2019). The EDs in lowresource environments are characterised by various research challenges, including limited access to basic research infrastructure, or the availability of a standardized protocols; and few dedicated personnel to collect data, including the recruitment of participants to engage in research (Price, Edwards, Carson-Stevens et al, 2020;Katyal, Kumar, Rajesh et al, 2021).…”

“…With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic and the efforts to contain it through public health measures, social distancing, lockdown, and quarantine measures, the EDs and normal research processes were severely impacted in many ways (Gallego, De La Rubia, Hincz et al, 2020;Welsch, 2020). Mourad, Bousleiman, Wapner et al (2020) became impossible and researchers switched approaches from face-to-face to virtual or telephonic data collection (Katyal et al, 2021;. This paper suggests how in-person data collection can be conducted with these considerations in mind.…”