Abstract
Objectives: Posttraumatic psychopathology may complicate recovery from musculoskeletal injury. This article details the 5-year follow-up of a cohort study examining the relationship between posttraumatic psychopathology and recovery after musculoskeletal trauma.
Design: A prospective cohort study of patients with musculoskeletal injuries (Grampian Trauma Outcomes Study) assessed 5 years after their injury.
Setting: Orthopaedic trauma unit, Level I equivalent.
Patients: One hundred four of the initial group of 200 patients with musculoskeletal injuries.
Intervention: Trauma care and prospective evaluation of physical and psychologic recovery.
Main Outcome Measures: Development of psychopathology (measured by the General Health Questionnaire [GHQ]) and functional outcome (measured by Short Form-36 [SF-36] and Musculoskeletal Function Assessment [MFA]).
Results: Follow-up at 5 years was 104 patients (52%). GHQ caseness was predictive of physical dysfunction (SF-36, MFA), which had not returned to baseline levels by 5 years. Although injury severity was strongly predictive of psychological disturbance (GHQ caseness) at 5 years, linear regression analysis demonstrated that GHQ score was an important predictor of outcome, whereas Injury Severity Score contributed very little.
Conclusions: Psychologic disturbance after musculoskeletal trauma is related to adverse functional outcome. This is not influenced by preinjury state, but constitutes a sustained posttraumatic effect that is only weakly related to severity of injury.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 228-232 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2011 |
Keywords
- activities of daily living
- adolescent
- adult
- aged
- comorbidity
- female
- follow-up studies
- humans
- incidence
- injury severity score
- male
- mental disorders
- middle aged
- musculoskeletal system
- outcome assessment (health care)
- prospective studies
- quality of Life
- recovery of function
- United States
- wounds and injuries
- stress disorders
- major trauma
- traffic accidents
- orthopedic trauma
- posttraumatic
- multiple trauma/complications
- treatment outcome
- posttraumatic-stress-disorder
- function assessment instrument
- general health questionnaire
- motor-vehicle accidents
- term-follow-up, , ,
- quality-of-life