Interventional Efforts to Reduce Psychological Distress After Orthopedic Trauma: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Unanticipated severe injury to part of the musculoskeletal system, referred to as orthopedic trauma, can be debilitating. It can also be accompanied by equally debilitating psychological distress, but little is known about the effective interventions for psychological sequelae of orthopedic trauma.

Questions/purposes

We sought to determine the effectiveness of interventions on psychological outcomes, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and pain catastrophizing (feelings of helplessness, excessive rumination, and exaggerated description of pain), after major orthopedic trauma.

Methods

Using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement as guidelines, we systematically searched Scopus, PubMed,

SUBMITTER: Kirven JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7534886 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature