Maximilian A Meyer1,2, Tijmen van den Bosch3,4, Juanita A Haagsma5, Marilyn Heng6, Loek P H Leenen3, Falco Hietbrink3, Roderick Marijn Houwert3, Marjan Kromkamp4, Stijn D Nelen3. 1. Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. maxameyer@gmail.com. 2. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, White Building 535, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. maxameyer@gmail.com. 3. Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. 4. Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. 5. Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 6. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, White Building 535, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to compare 1-year post-discharge health-related quality of life (HRQL) between trauma patients with and without psychiatric co-comorbidity. METHODS: A retrospective single-center cohort study identified all severely injured adult trauma patients admitted to a Level 1 trauma center between 2018 and 2019. Bivariate analysis compared patients with and without psychiatric co-morbidity, which was defined as prior diagnosis by a healthcare provider or acute psychiatric consultation for new or chronic mental illness. HRQL metrics included the EuroQol-5D-5L (EQ-5D) questionnaire, visual analogue scale (EQ-VAS), and overall index score. A multiple linear regression model was utilized to identify predictors of EQ-5D index scores. RESULTS: Analysis of baseline characteristics revealed significantly greater rates of substance abuse, severe extremity injuries, inpatient morbidity, and hospital length-of-stay among patients with psychiatric illness. At 1-year follow-up, patients with psychiatric co-morbidity had lower median EQ-5D index scores compared to the control group (0.71, interquartile range [IQR] 0.32 vs. 0.79, IQR 0.22, p = 0.03). There were no differences between groups in individual EQ-5D dimensions, nor in EQ-VAS scores. Presence of psychiatric co-morbidity was not found to independently predict EQ-5D index scores in the linear regression model. Instead, Injury Severity Score (standardized regression coefficient [SRC] - 0.15, 95% confidence interval [CI] - 0.010 to - 0.001) and American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status score (SRC - 0.13, 95% CI - 0.08 to - 0.004) predicted poor HRQL 1-year after injury. CONCLUSIONS: Psychiatric co-morbidity does not independently predict low HRQL 1 year after injury. Instead, lower HRQL scores among patients with psychiatric co-morbidity appear to be mediated by baseline health status and injury severity.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to compare 1-year post-discharge health-related quality of life (HRQL) between trauma patients with and without psychiatric co-comorbidity. METHODS: A retrospective single-center cohort study identified all severely injured adult trauma patients admitted to a Level 1 trauma center between 2018 and 2019. Bivariate analysis compared patients with and without psychiatric co-morbidity, which was defined as prior diagnosis by a healthcare provider or acute psychiatric consultation for new or chronic mental illness. HRQL metrics included the EuroQol-5D-5L (EQ-5D) questionnaire, visual analogue scale (EQ-VAS), and overall index score. A multiple linear regression model was utilized to identify predictors of EQ-5D index scores. RESULTS: Analysis of baseline characteristics revealed significantly greater rates of substance abuse, severe extremity injuries, inpatient morbidity, and hospital length-of-stay among patients with psychiatric illness. At 1-year follow-up, patients with psychiatric co-morbidity had lower median EQ-5D index scores compared to the control group (0.71, interquartile range [IQR] 0.32 vs. 0.79, IQR 0.22, p = 0.03). There were no differences between groups in individual EQ-5D dimensions, nor in EQ-VAS scores. Presence of psychiatric co-morbidity was not found to independently predict EQ-5D index scores in the linear regression model. Instead, Injury Severity Score (standardized regression coefficient [SRC] - 0.15, 95% confidence interval [CI] - 0.010 to - 0.001) and American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status score (SRC - 0.13, 95% CI - 0.08 to - 0.004) predicted poor HRQL 1-year after injury. CONCLUSIONS: Psychiatric co-morbidity does not independently predict low HRQL 1 year after injury. Instead, lower HRQL scores among patients with psychiatric co-morbidity appear to be mediated by baseline health status and injury severity.
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