A global measure of patient-reported outcomes after injury - life back on track.

LBoT is a valid measure to track the individual's trajectory of subjective wellbeing in the context of recovery after a trauma, and is potentially useful as an indicator to track the performance of commissioned providers, and to monitor or evaluate the value of service outcomes.Implications for RehabilitationThere is a demand to develop a simple metric to measure the impact of injury, the effectiveness of rehabilitation and the degree of recovery from trauma.Life Back on Track (LBoT) is a valid single-item measure to track an individual's trajectory of subjective wellbeing after trauma.It has the potential to complement clinical measures where a routine collection of a simple measure is desirable.It is suitable as an indicator of service outcomes for organisations that commission services.