Association between perception of fault for the crash and function, return to work and health status 1 year after road traffic injury: A registry-based cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Gabbe, Belinda J ^a,b   Simpson, Pamela M ^a   Cameron, Peter A ^a,c   Ekegren, Christina L ^a   Edwards, Elton R ^a,d   Page, Richard ^e   Liew, Susan ^a,d   Bucknill, Andrew ^f,g   De Steiger, Richard ^g,h  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Emergency and Trauma Centre   (Australia)

^d The Alfred ^*  (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GEELONG   (Australia)

^f ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^h EPWORTH HEALTHCARE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADULT; AGED; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENERAL HEALTH STATUS ASSESSMENT; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH STATUS EQ 5D 3L; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMFORT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANGE OF MOTION; REGISTER; RETURN TO WORK; ROAD TRAFFIC INJURY; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPINE INJURY; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; HEALTH STATUS; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VICTORIA;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGISTRIES; RETURN TO WORK; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84970929774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009907     Document Type: Article

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