Prognostic indicators of social outcomes in persons who sustained an injury in a road traffic crash

Long-term health status and trajectories of seriously injured patients: A population-based longitudinal study

“…Increasing age has been identified previously as a predictor of poorer health status and functional outcome [8,10,11,14,33,39], although we found that the relationship between age and outcome differed between the EQ-5D-3L items. There was a dose-response-like increase in adjusted risk of reporting problems with each increase in age group for all items except the anxiety and depression item, for which older patients experienced significantly lower adjusted risk of reporting problems compared to the younger patients.…”

“…To date, longitudinal studies of the health status of trauma patients have typically limited follow-up to 12- or 24-months postinjury [8–15]. Many have focused on less severely injured patients [10,11,13,14] and found little improvement beyond 9- to 12-months postinjury [10,12,14]. Previous studies of major trauma patients have shown continued improvement in function, return to work, and pain outcomes to 2 years after injury [8,9,16,17], and recent injury studies have shown variable trajectories of recovery in the first 2 years after injury [8,11].…”

Sickness absence, disability pension and permanent medical impairment among 64 000 injured car occupants of working ages: A two-year prospective cohort study

“…As mentioned in section 5.1, health status prior to a crash has been found to be associated with return to work after the crash. A previous study found self-reported pre-injury chronic disease to be associated with not having returned to work two years after sustaining an injury in a motor vehicle crash 104 , while only one of two studies on the association between self-assessed pre-injury health and return to work after a motor vehicle crash showed an association 103,104 . Among individuals with WAD, neck disability prior to the crash has been found associated with prolonged recovery 121 , and individuals with granted compensation for loss of earnings due to the WAD have been found to use more healthcare the year prior to the injury, compared to individuals with no granted compensation 122 .…”

“…In Study III, the mean number of SA/DP days increased after the crash, in SA/DP injury diagnoses which would be expected in a cohort of injured car occupants, but also in musculoskeletal disorders and mental diagnoses. Somatic and mental health status prior to a motor vehicle crash, has been reported as predictors of late return to work after the crash [103][104][105] . It has also been found to be associated with the development and recovery from WAD 106,107 .…”

Estrutura Da Representação Social Das Fraturas De Membros Inferiores Em Indivíduos Hospitalizados

“…Dessa forma, uma das principais metas de recuperação consiste em retornar o indivíduo à sua atividade anterior, isto é, retorno ao emprego, à escola ou às atividades domésticas ou outra atividade rotineiramente desempenhada. Observou-se, também, mudanças abruptas na saúde e no estilo de vida devido à lesões, agente causador de estresse emocional individual e familiar (15)(16)(17) . As fraturas expostas envolvendo a perna, tíbia e fíbula foram as mais frequentes, característica corroborada em estudo (18) , que encontrou maior frequência entre os pacientes com fraturas expostas por acidente de motocicleta em sua maioria homens, jovens, solteiros, com prevalência de lesões graves que acometeram a região da perna com infecção em 23.7% dos casos, fator associado à idade, tempo de exposição e à gravidade da lesão.…”