Patient-reported physical functioning and quality of life after pelvic ring injury: A systematic review of the literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pelvic ring injuries are one of the most serious traumatic injuries with large consequences for the patients' daily life. During recent years, the importance of the patients' perception of their functioning and quality of life following injury has increasingly received attention. This systematic review reports on self-reported physical functioning and quality of life after all types of pelvic ring injuries.

Methods

The online databases MEDLINE-PubMed and Ovid-EMBASE were searched for studies published between 2008 and 2019 to identify published evidence of patient-reported physical functioning and quality of life after which they were assessed for their methodological quality.

Results

Of the 2577 articles, 46 were reviewed in full-text, including 3049 patie

SUBMITTER: Banierink H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7367481 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature