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Table 5 Round III prioritised research questions

From: A consensus building exercise to determine research priorities for silver trauma

Research Questions

Median

Interquartile Range

1.

What are the older people’s preferred goals of trauma care?

2.5

1.5

2.

Beyond the ED, what is the appropriate combined geriatric and trauma care?

2

0.5

3.

Do older adults benefit from access to trauma centres? If so, do older trauma patients have equal access to trauma centre compared to younger adults?

2

1

4.

What is the best way for screening and managing rib fractures among older trauma patients to improve their outcomes?

2

2

5.

Could the development of specific triage criteria improve the outcomes of older trauma patients?

1

0.5