Assessment of quality of life and functional outcome in patients sustaining moderate and major trauma: A multicentre, prospective cohort study

Injury

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 902-909

  Rainer, T H ^a,b   Yeung, J H H ^a,b   Cheung, S K C ^a   Yuen, Y K Y ^a   Poon, W S ^a   Ho, H F ^c   Kam, C W ^d   Cattermole, G N ^e   Chang, A ^c   So, F L ^d   Graham, C A ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^e Princess Royal University Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional outcome; Morbidity; Quality of life; Trauma; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENDER; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEALTH STATUS; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL COMPONENT SUMMARY SCORE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICAL COMPONENT SUMMARY SCORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTER; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SURVIVAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84896398150     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2013.11.006     Document Type: Article

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