@article{ref1,
title="Recovery and quality of life after trauma: a 6-month follow-up study",
journal="Journal of trauma nursing",
year="2020",
author="Nasirian, Sara and Engström, My and Forsberg, Anna and Fagevik Olsén, Monika",
volume="27",
number="6",
pages="327-334",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Injuries were the most common cause of hospitalization in Sweden in 2017. There is a lack of knowledge about trauma recovery and its relation to health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after hospitalization due to minor trauma. This study aimed to prospectively evaluate recovery and HRQoL at discharge from hospital and 3 and 6 months after the trauma.   METHODS: This is a secondary analysis of data from a prospective follow-up study. Fifty-seven patients who sustained physical trauma were included. Recovery was measured with postoperative recovery profile and HRQoL 3 and 6 months after discharge. The association between the outcomes was analyzed, as well as the impact of gender, age, Injury Severity Score (ISS), and trauma mechanism using nonparametric statistics.   RESULTS: There was a significant improvement in recovery and HRQoL between discharge and 3 months after the trauma (p <.001) as well as between 3 and 6 months after the trauma (p <.001) except for EQ-5D VAS scale (p =.222). However, only 14 (25%) patients viewed themselves as fully recovered 6 months after the incident. Correlation between recovery and HRQoL increased after discharge and was at its strongest 6 months after the trauma (rs >.071).   CONCLUSION: Trauma mechanism has an impact on recovery but not gender, age, or ISS score. Most patients did not consider themselves fully recovered even at 6 months postinjury, indicating that they require additional support to manage their recovery.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1078-7496",
doi="10.1097/JTN.0000000000000539",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JTN.0000000000000539"
}