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Table 2 Time schedule for study procedures and assessments

From: Clinical effectiveness, quality of life and cost-effectiveness of Flaminal® versus Flamazine® in the treatment of partial thickness burns: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Procedure/Assessment

Admission

Treatment phase

Follow-up (month)

   

3

6

12

Standard screening, baseline procedures

x

    

Check eligibility (inclusion criteria)

x

    

Provide patient Information

x

    

Obtain written informed consent

x

x (confirmation by patients who were initially non-competent)

   

Randomization (Flaminal® vs Flamazine®)

x

    

Baseline parameters

x

    

LDI

 

x

   

Wound colonization

x

x

   

Wound healing

 

At each dressing change

   

Need for surgery of partial and/or full thickness burns and % of study area requiring skin graft

 

10–14 PBD

   

Colonization

x

Swabs on Mondays and Thursdays

   

Infection

x

Clinical judgment during dressing changes

   

Dressing changes

x

    

Use of systemic antibiotics

x

    

Pain and anxiety

     

 Visual analogue thermometer (VAT)

x

Daily, before and after dressing change and in the evening

   

 Itching

x

Daily in the evening on 7th ±2 PBD and day of discharge

   

 Burn Specific Pain and Anxiety Score (BSPAS)

x

    

Health-related quality of life (HRQoL)

 

In the last week of hospitalization

   

 Burn Specific Health Scale Brief (BSHS-Brief)

 

In the last week of hospitalization

x

x

x

 EuroQol-5D (EQ-5D)

  

x

x

x

Scarring

     

 POSAS

  

x

x

x

 Cutometry

  

x

x

x

 Dermaspectrometry

  

x

x

x

Costs

 

Daily

x

x

x

  1. LDI laser Doppler imaging, PBD post-burn day