Wound specific quality of life after blast or gunshot injury: Validation of the wound QoL instrument.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acute blast or gunshot wounds have a negative effect on the patients' health related quality of life (HRQoL). No validated instrument exists to assess the HRQoL of patients with such wounds. Therefore, we aimed to test and validate a subscale of an existing HRQoL instrument among patients with acute blast or gunshot wounds.

Methods

We used data from a randomized controlled trial comparing negative pressure wound therapy with standard treatment of civilian adults with acute extremity blast or gunshot wounds. We evaluated the reliability (internal consistency, stability) and validity of the body subscale of the Wound QoL instrument using the World Health Organisation 20 question self-reporting questionnaire as gold standard.

Results

A total of 152 participant

SUBMITTER: Alga A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9621402 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature