Development of prediction models of stress and long-term disability among claimants to injury compensation systems: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:We sought to develop prognostic risk scores for compensation-related stress and long-term disability using markers collected within 3 months of a serious injury. DESIGN:Cohort study. Predictors were collected at baseline and at 3 months postinjury. Outcome data were collected at 72 months postinjury. SETTING:Hospitalised patients with serious injuries recruited from four major trauma hospitals in Australia. PARTICIPANTS:332 participants who made claims for compensation for their injuries to a transport accident scheme or a workers' compensation scheme. PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURES:12-item WHO Disability Assessment Schedule and 6 items from the Claims Experience Survey. RESULTS:Our model for long-term disability had four predictors (unemployed at the time of injury, history of a psyc

SUBMITTER: Spittal MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5931283 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature