Assessment of patient-reported outcomes after polytrauma - instruments and methods: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We (1) collected instruments that assess health-related quality of life (HRQoL), activities of daily living (ADL) and social participation during follow-up after polytrauma, (2) described their use and (3) investigated other relevant patient-reported outcomes (PROs) assessed in the studies.

Design

Systematic Review using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis guideline.

Data sources

MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, CENTRAL, as well as the trials registers ClinicalTrials.gov and WHO ICTRP were searched from January 2005 to April 2018.

Eligibility criteria

All original empirical research published in English or German including PROs of patients aged 18-75 years with an Injury Severity Score≥16 and/or an Abbreviated Inju

SUBMITTER: Ritschel M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8679059 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature