Psychological morbidity and health-related quality of life after injury: multicentre cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To demonstrate the impact of psychological morbidity 1 month post-injury on subsequent post-injury quality of life (HRQoL) in a general injury population in the UK to inform development of trauma care and rehabilitation services.

Methods

Multicentre cohort study of 16-70-year-olds admitted to 4 UK hospitals following injury. Psychological morbidity and HRQoL (EQ-5D-3L) were measured at recruitment and 1, 2, 4 and 12 months post-injury. A reduction in EQ-5D compared to retrospectively assessed pre-injury levels of at least 0.074 was taken as the minimal important difference (MID). Multilevel logistic regression explored relationships between psychological morbidity 1 month post-injury and MID in HRQoL over the 12 months after injury.

Results

A total of 668 adul

SUBMITTER: Kendrick D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5376395 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature