SynthesisEuropean journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society2023
Health-related quality of life after severe trauma and available PROMS: an updated review (part I).
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- Patient-reported outcome measures within European cohorts of severely injured patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2026Pooled it
- Significant other reported outcome measures within European cohorts of severely injured patients: A systematic review.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2026Pooled 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
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- Effect of different factors on predicting patient mortality beyond the NACA classification: a multivariate analysis of more than 2,000 polytrauma patients.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Evaluating Body Awareness: A Systematic Review Using the COSMIN Methodology.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Predictors of health-related quality of life among major trauma patients discharged from hospitals. A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2025Article
- Measurement of Long-Term, Quality of Life Outcomes in Injury Databases.The Journal of surgical research · 2025Article
- Effect of a generalized early mobilization and rehabilitation protocol on outcomes in trauma patients admitted to the intensive care unit: a retrospective pre-post study.Critical care (London, England) · 2025Article
- Health-Related Quality of Life and Unmet Healthcare Needs in the First Year Following Moderate-to-Severe Traumatic Injuries-An Observational Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Recovery trajectories after a serious injury or illness: a longitudinal evaluation of health-related quality of life in an Australian cohort.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Strengthening trauma resuscitation education and training in low-resource settings: A call for global inclusion.Resuscitation plus · 2025Review
- Patient-Reported Mental Health and Quality of Life in Pediatric Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2025Review
- The NACA score predicts mortality in polytrauma patients before hospital admission: a registry-based study.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 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
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- Transforming research to improve therapies for trauma in the twenty-first century.Critical care (London, England) · 2024Review
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Abstract
introductionThroughout the years, a decreasing trend in mortality rate has been demonstrated in patients suffering severe trauma. This increases the relevance of documentation of other outcomes for this population, including patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), such as health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The aim of this review was to summarize the results of the studies that have been conducted regarding HRQoL in severely injured patients (as defined by the articles' authors). Also, we present the instruments that are used most frequently to assess HRQoL in patients suffering severe trauma.
methodsA literature search was conducted in the Cochrane Library, EMBASE, PubMed, and Web of Science for articles published from inception until the 1st of January 2022. Reference lists of included articles were reviewed as well. Studies were considered eligible when a population of patients with major, multiple or severe injury and/or polytrauma was included, well-defined by means of an ISS-threshold, and the outcome of interest was described in terms of (HR)QoL. A narrative design was chosen for this review.
resultsThe search strategy identified 1583 articles, which were reduced to 113 after application of the eligibility criteria. In total, nineteen instruments were used to assess HRQoL. The SF-36 was used most frequently, followed by the EQ-5D and SF-12. HRQoL in patients with severe trauma was often compared to normative population norms or pre-injury status, and was found to be reduced in both cases, regardless of the tool used to assess this outcome. Some studies demonstrated higher scoring of the patients over time, suggesting improved HRQoL after considerable time after severe trauma.
conclusionHRQoL in severely injured patients is overall reduced, regardless of the instrument used to assess it. The instruments that were used most frequently to assess HRQoL were the SF-36 and EQ-5D. Future research is needed to shed light on the consequences of the reduced HRQoL in this population. We recommend routine assessment and documentation of HRQoL in severely injured patients.
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