This study will be conducted at Mulago Teaching Hospital. Patients coming to the ER with an orthopaedic injury will be approached. If a patient consents to be part of the study, they will complete a questionnaire. Participation in the study will end as soon as the questionnaire is completed.

All patients will be recruited from the orthopedics inpatient wards and emergency department at Mulago National Referral Hospital. Only patients who have sustained an orthopedics injury will be included in this study, and the severity will be recorded for future references. No Protected Health Information (PHI) will be collected throughout the study.

Steps

1. Identify patients from Mulago Teaching Hospital
2. Enrollment of patients into survey study
3. Administer survey to patients at 1st meet up
4. Administer survey to doctor-in-charge?
5. Compilations of survey results into excel spreadsheet. Participants will be assigned an ID. The study team does not intend to collect any PHI.
6. Statistical Analysis.

Inclusion criteria:

• Subject is a male or female 18 years old or older.
• all patients presented at Mulago National Referral Hospital with orthopedics trauma injuries regardless of age and gender.

Exclusion criteria:

- patients presented with all other conditions other than orthopedics related injuries that may require long term care. Some examples are head injuries leading to long term damage, loss of sights, etc.

Urgent care patients. Patients coming to the ER with a orthopaedic injury.