Taking Part

Find out what’s involved in taking part in the ToTs Study and access our Parent Information Sheet below.

What would it involve?

This study does not require any additional visits to hospital. It only requires completion of four short questionnaires over the next month. If you have any concerns you should contact your child’s doctor or nurse, as these questionnaires will not be monitored.

If you would like your child to take part in the ToTs Study, and they meet all criteria to take part, your doctor or nurse will ask you to complete a simple questionnaire which asks you five questions to get an idea of their pain.

Following this, your doctor or nurse will use a computer to fairly choose between the two treatments for your child:

1. No cast

2. A cast/boot on the leg

After you have left the hospital, you will be asked to complete some more questionnaires at the following times (calculated based on when the computer system decided your child’s treatment)

3 days
7 days
28 days

These questionnaires will include the same ones you answer at the start, as well as a few more questions including some about your child’s mobility and any pain medication they have received, to help us understand how your child is recovering as well as your satisfaction with the treatment. We estimate that these should take approximately 10-20 minutes to complete.

After 28 days have passed, you will not be asked to do anything else for the study. The study team at your hospital will look at your child’s medical notes to record whether they have had any more hospital or GP attendances related to the injury and what happened at these visits.