ArticleClinical interventions in aging2018
Longer-term quality of life following major trauma: age only significantly affects outcome after the age of 80 years.
Article in Clinical interventions in aging, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02165137 (Quality Control in the Management of Major Trauma Patients at Aarau Cantonal Hospital - Evaluation of Processes and Patient Outcome), which is not on this map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Quality Control in the Management of Major Trauma Patients at Aarau Cantonal Hospital - Evaluation of Processes and Patient Outcome
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- 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
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- Implementation of health-related quality of life in the German TraumaRegister DGU® - first results of a pilot study.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2024Article
- Health-Related Quality of Life in severely injured patients in Finland: an observational cohort study of 325 patients with 1-year follow-up.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2024Observational
- The effect of age on resilience of health-related quality of life among polytrauma patients: a cross-sectional multicenter study.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2023Article
- Long-term health-related quality of life after trauma with and without traumatic brain injury: a prospective cohort study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Priorities for returning to work after traumatic injury: A public and professional involvement study.The British journal of occupational therapy · 2022Article
- Short-term outcome following significant trauma: increasing age per se has only a relatively low impact.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2021Article
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- [Rehabilitation after multiple traumata].Der Orthopade · 2021Review
- Quality of life in primary care patients with moderate medically unexplained physical symptoms.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2020Article
- Epidemiological Features of Injured Patients Examined by Tehran Emergency Medical Service Technicians.Advanced journal of emergency medicine · 2019Article
- Prospective evaluation of the Quality of Life after Brain Injury (QOLIBRI) score: minor differences in patients with major versus no or mild traumatic brain injury at one-year follow up.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2018Article
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Abstract
aimAgainst the background of conflicting data on the topic, this study aimed to determine the differences in longer-term patient outcomes following major trauma with regard to age. MATERIALS AND
methodsA prospective trauma center survey of survivors of trauma (≥16 years) was carried out employing a New Injury Severity Score (NISS) ≥8 to investigate the influence of age on working capacity and several outcome scores, such as the trauma medical outcomes study Short Form-36 (physical component [PCS] and mental component [MCS]), the Euro Quality of Life (EuroQoL), or the Trauma Outcome Profile (TOP) at least 1 year following injury. Chi square tests,
resultsIn all, 718 major trauma patients (53.4±19.4 years; NISS 18.4±9.2) participated in the study. Multivariate analysis showed only low associations of patient or trauma characteristics with longer-term outcome scores, highest for the Injury Severity Score of the extremities with the PCS (R
conclusionGiven the small impact of age on the longer-term outcomes of major trauma patients, at least up to the age of 80 years, resuscitation as well as rehabilitation strategies should be adapted accordingly.
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