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About the Authors:
Belinda J. Gabbe
* E-mail: [email protected]
Affiliations School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Farr Institute, Swansea University Medical School, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7096-7688
Pam M. Simpson
Affiliation: School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7527-778X
Peter A. Cameron
Affiliations School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Emergency and Trauma Centre, The Alfred, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Jennie Ponsford
Affiliations Monash-Epworth Rehabilitation Research Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Ronan A. Lyons
Affiliations School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Farr Institute, Swansea University Medical School, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5225-000X
Alex Collie
Affiliations School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Insurance Work and Health Group, Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2617-9339
Mark Fitzgerald
Affiliations Trauma Service, The Alfred, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Surgery, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0183-7761
Rodney Judson
Affiliation: Trauma Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Warwick J. Teague
Affiliations Trauma Service, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Surgical Research Group, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4747-6025
Sandra Braaf
Affiliation: School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Andrew Nunn
Affiliation: Victorian Spinal Cord Service, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0222-9410
Shanthi Ameratunga
Affiliation: Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8042-2251
James E. Harrison
Affiliation: Research Centre for Injury Studies, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9893-8491Abstract
Background
Improved understanding of the quality of survival of patients is crucial in evaluating trauma care, understanding recovery patterns and timeframes, and informing healthcare, social, and disability service provision. We aimed to describe the longer-term health status of seriously injured patients, identify predictors of outcome, and establish recovery trajectories by population characteristics.
Methods and findings
A population-based, prospective cohort study using the Victorian State Trauma Registry (VSTR) was undertaken. We followed up 2,757 adult patients, injured between July 2011 and June 2012, through deaths...