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Establish standardized consensus guidelines for defining study cohorts, selecting health status instruments, and scheduling assessments in injury-related disability follow-up studies.

February 1, 2007Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Guidelines for the Conduction of Follow-up Studies Measuring Injury-Related Disability

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Establish standardized consensus guidelines for defining study cohorts, selecting health status instruments, and scheduling assessments in injury-related disability follow-up studies.
A literature review of empirical studies published between 1995 and 2005 evaluated generic health status measures across all injury severity levels with short- and long-term follow-up.
An expert working group from the European Consumer Safety Association conducted a formal consensus procedure to standardize assessment protocols and data collection.
The working group reached consensus recommending the routine combined use of the EuroQol-5D and Health Utilities Mark III to measure functional recovery and derive utility scores across all injury cohorts and age groups.
A standardized assessment schedule at 1, 2, 4, and 12 months post-injury was established as the common core, with the option to include injury-specific supplementary measures.

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Expert consensus reports standardized assessment schedules and instruments for trauma populations, suggesting improved comparability in injury-related disability research.

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Beeck et al. (2007) studied this question.

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Expert consensus reports standardized assessment schedules and instruments for trauma populations, suggesting improved comparability in injury-related disability research.

Guidelines for the Conduction of Follow-up Studies Measuring Injury-Related Disability

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