Psychological Distress, Pain and Insurance Claims Negatively Affect Long-Term Health-Related Quality of Life After Road Traffic Injuries.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

A prospective cohort study to investigate how injury and early post-injury psychosocial factors influence health outcomes 12 months after road traffic injury.

Methods

Residents of New South Wales, Australia, with road traffic injury in the period 2013-16 were recruited. Explanatory factors were evaluated for outcomes over 12 months using 12-Item Short Form Survey (SF-12) Physical and Mental Component Scores (PCS and MCS). Path models and mediation analysis were used to examine the effect of injury severity and explanatory factors.

Results

SF-12 PCS and MCS outcomes were poorer among participants with baseline psychological distress, for all injury severities (β coefficients -3.3 to -9.3, p < 0.0001). Baseline pain and psychological distress, and baseline PCS

SUBMITTER: Hung KKC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9274780 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature