Oliver Kamp1, Roman Pfeifer2, Michaela Ritschel3, Sascha Flohe4, Dan Bieler5. 1. Department of Trauma, Hand, and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstraße 55, 45147, Essen, Germany. oliver.kamp@uk-essen.de. 2. Department of Trauma Surgery, University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland. 3. Institute for Health Services Research and Health Economics, Centre for Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany. 4. Department of Trauma, Orthopaedics and Hand Surgery, Städt. Klinikum Solingen, Solingen, Germany. 5. Department of Trauma Surgery and Orthopaedics, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, Burn Medicine, German Armed Forces Central Hospital of Koblenz, Koblenz, Germany.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: As a result of improvement in polytrauma management within the last years, more patients survive a significant trauma. Trauma registers, such as the TraumaRegister DGU®, played a role in identifying risk factors of poor outcomes which led to an improvement of survival rates. In recent years the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after trauma got into the focus of trauma studies. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Under the sponsorship of the German Society of Trauma Surgery (DGU) the members of the Committee on Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care and Trauma Management (Sektion NIS) convened intending to identify an assessment tool for implementation into the TraumaRegister DGU®. RESULTS: After the conduct of a systematic literature review, the working group decided to choose the 12-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12) and five more questions, capturing the satisfaction of treatment, work capacity and trauma-related medical treatment. CONCLUSION: The data collection of HRQoL and the additional variables started in 2017 in participating clinics as a part of the regular data collection of the TraumaRegister DGU®.
INTRODUCTION: As a result of improvement in polytrauma management within the last years, more patients survive a significant trauma. Trauma registers, such as the TraumaRegister DGU®, played a role in identifying risk factors of poor outcomes which led to an improvement of survival rates. In recent years the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after trauma got into the focus of trauma studies. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Under the sponsorship of the German Society of Trauma Surgery (DGU) the members of the Committee on Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care and Trauma Management (Sektion NIS) convened intending to identify an assessment tool for implementation into the TraumaRegister DGU®. RESULTS: After the conduct of a systematic literature review, the working group decided to choose the 12-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12) and five more questions, capturing the satisfaction of treatment, work capacity and trauma-related medical treatment. CONCLUSION: The data collection of HRQoL and the additional variables started in 2017 in participating clinics as a part of the regular data collection of the TraumaRegister DGU®.
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Health-related assessment; Outcome; Quality of life; Trauma; Trauma registry
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