Long-Term Outcomes and Determinants of New-Onset Mental Health Conditions After Trauma.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Evidence suggests that trauma-related mortality and morbidities may follow a multiphasic pattern, with outcomes extending beyond hospital discharge.

Objectives

To determine the incidence of having new mental health conditions after the first (or index) trauma admission and their association with long-term health outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based, linked-data cohort study was conducted between January 1994 and September 2020, with data analyzed in April 2024. Participants were adult patients with trauma admitted to 1 of the 5 adult trauma hospitals in Western Australia. All patients with major trauma with an Injury Severity Score (ISS) greater than 15 were included. For each patient with major trauma, 2 patients with trauma wi

SUBMITTER: Yaw LK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11894494 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature