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A systematic review of studies measuring health-related quality of life of general injury populations.
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60 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Parameters influencing health-related quality of life after severe trauma: a systematic review (part II).European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2024Pooled it
- Health-related quality of life after severe trauma and available PROMS: an updated review (part I).European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2023Pooled it
- A systematic review of studies measuring health-related quality of life of general injury populations: update 2010-2018.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2020Pooled it
- Assessment of pre-injury health-related quality of life: a systematic review.Population health metrics · 2017Pooled it
- Health status and (health-related) quality of life during the recovery of distal radius fractures: a systematic review.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2013Pooled it
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- Impact of a Postoperative Intervention Educational Program on the Quality of Life of Patients with Hip Fracture: A Randomized, Open-Label Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
- The development and internal validation of a model to predict functional recovery after trauma.PloS one · 2019Trial
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- Healthcare and productivity costs among Canadian road trauma survivors over the year following injury.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Determinants of Economic Costs Following Road Traffic Injuries in Canada: A Quantile Regression Forests Machine Learning Approach.ClinicoEconomics and outcomes research : CEOR · 2025Article
- Fatigue and Mental Illness Symptoms in Long COVID: Protocol for a Prospective Cohort Multicenter Observational Study.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Community of trauma care partnering with stakeholders to improve injury outcomes: focus group analysis.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2024Article
- Community of trauma care partnering with stakeholders to improve injury outcomes: survey analysis and panel development.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2024Article
- Circumstances and outcome of active transportation injuries: protocol of a British Columbian inception cohort study.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Demographic and clinical profile of an inception cohort of road trauma survivors.BMC public health · 2023Observational
- Pre-Burn Health-Related Quality of Life: Patient and Partner Perspectives.European burn journal · 2022Article
- Measuring post-discharge socioeconomic and quality of life outcomes in trauma patients: a scoping review.Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2021Article
- How do the influencing factors of health-related quality of life of the injured patient differ according to activity limitations?Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Individual recovery of health-related quality of life during 18 months post-burn using a retrospective pre-burn measurement: an exploratory study.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundIt is important to obtain greater insight into health-related quality of life (HRQL) of injury patients in order to document people's pathways to recovery and to quantify the impact of injury on population health over time. We performed a systematic review of studies measuring HRQL in general injury populations with a generic health state measure to summarize existing knowledge.
methodsInjury studies (1995-2009) were identified with main inclusion criteria being the use of a generic health status measure and not being restricted to one specific type of injury. Articles were collated by study design, HRQL instrument used, timing of assessment(s), predictive variables and ability to detect change over time.
resultsForty one studies met inclusion criteria, using 24 different generic HRQL and functional status measures (most used were SF-36, FIM, GOS, EQ-5D). The majority of the studies used a longitudinal design, but with different lengths and timings of follow-up (mostly 6, 12, and 24 months). Different generic health measures were able to discriminate between the health status of subgroups and picked up changes in health status between discharge and 12 month follow-up. Most studies reported high prevalences of health problems within the first year after injury. The twelve studies that reported HRQL utility scores showed considerable but incomplete recovery in the first year after discharge.
conclusionThis systematic review demonstrates large variation in use of HRQL instruments, study populations, and assessment time points used in studies measuring HRQL of general injury populations. This variability impedes comparison of HRQL summary scores between studies and prevented formal meta-analyses aiming to quantify and improve precision of the impact of injury on population health over time.
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