Prospective observational study to examine health-related quality of life and develop models to predict long-term patient-reported outcomes 6 months after hospital discharge with blunt thoracic injuries.

Edward E BakerCeri BattleAbhishek BanjeriEdward CarltonChristine DixonJennifer FerryPhilip HopkinsRobert JonesTrevor MurrellsChristine NortonLee PatientAshraf RasheedImogen Skene Andrew John TabnerMalcolm TunnicliffLouise YoungAndreas XyrichisGerry Lee

Published in: BMJ open (2021)

This study identified the recovery trajectories for patients with blunt thoracic injuries over the first 6 months after hospital discharge and present prognostic models for three important outcomes which after external validation could be used as clinical risk stratification scores.

Keyphrases

patient reported outcomes
spinal cord
trauma patients
depressive symptoms
type diabetes
spinal cord injury