Prospective Outcomes of Injury Study: recruitment, and participant characteristics, health and disability status

The Prospective Outcomes of Injury Study aims to identify predictors of disability following injury. Participants were selected from the entitlement claims register of New Zealand's no-fault compensation insurer, the Accident Compensation Corporation, and followed up by interview for 2 years. T...

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Published in:Injury prevention 2011-12, Vol.17 (6), p.415-418
Main Authors: Derrett, Sarah, Davie, Gabrielle, Ameratunga, Shanthi, Wyeth, Emma, Colhoun, Sarah, Wilson, Suzanne, Samaranayaka, Ari, Lilley, Rebbecca, Hokowhitu, Brendan, Hansen, Paul, Langley, John
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
aboriginal
Accidents
Adolescent
Adult
cohort studies
Comorbidity
Compensation
Data collection
disabilities
disability
Disability Evaluation
Employment
Female
functional outcome
health services
Health Status
Hospitals
Humans
Injuries
injury diagnosis
international
Interviews
longitudinal
Male
mechanism
methodology
methods
Middle Aged
MVTC
New Zealand - epidemiology
outcome assessment
Outcome Assessment (Health Care) - methods
outcome evaluation
outcome of injury
Participation
prevention
Prospective Studies
public health
qualitative
Quality of Life
race
recruitment
risk/determinants
Studies
systematic review
Wounds and Injuries - rehabilitation
Young Adult
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Summary:The Prospective Outcomes of Injury Study aims to identify predictors of disability following injury. Participants were selected from the entitlement claims register of New Zealand's no-fault compensation insurer, the Accident Compensation Corporation, and followed up by interview for 2 years. This report describes changes to intended Prospective Outcomes of Injury Study methods and key characteristics of the cohort, with an emphasis on general health and disability before injury and soon afterwards. There were 2856 injured participants in the first interview, which occurred 3.2 months (median) after injury. The recruitment period was extended to enable inclusion of sufficient Māori participants. At the first interview, most participants were experiencing worse health status and increased disability compared to before injury, despite less than one-third reporting admission to hospital because of their injury. Analysis of outcome predictors related to post-injury function, disability and return-to-work soon after injury and 1 year later is now under way.
ISSN:1353-8047
1475-5785
DOI:10.1136/injuryprev-2011-040044