Performance of injury severity measures in trauma research: a literature review and validation analysis of studies from low-income and middle-income countries.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Characterisation of injury severity is an important pillar of scientific research to measure and compare the outcomes. Although majority of injury severity measures were developed in high-income countries, many have been studied in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). We conducted this study to identify and characterise all injury severity measures, describe how widely and frequently they are used in trauma research from LMICs, and summarise the evidence on their performance based on empirical and theoretical validation​ analysis.

Methods

First, a list of injury measures was identified through PubMed search. Subsequently, a systematic search of PubMed, Global Health and EMBASE was undertaken on LMIC trauma literature published from January 2006 to Jun

SUBMITTER: Mehmood A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6326328 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature