Measuring Functional and Patient-Reported Outcomes After Treatment of Mutilating Hand Injuries : A Global Health Approach - 12/10/16
, Kavitha Ranganathan, MD, Kevin C. Chung, MD, MSRiassunto |
Understanding the global burden of trauma, particularly upper extremity trauma, is necessary in addressing the need for surgical services. Critical to that mission is to understand, and accurately measure, disability and related disability-adjusted life-years from massive upper extremity trauma. The impact of these injuries is magnified when considering that they frequently occur to young people in prime working years. This article discusses these social and medical system issues and reviews components of a comprehensive approach to measuring outcomes after these injuries. Patient-reported outcomes are highlighted. Methods of optimizing outcomes measurements and studies, disability assessments, and associated research are also discussed.
Il testo completo di questo articolo è disponibile in PDF.Keywords : Patient-reported outcomes, Impairment and disability, DALY, Global health, Mutilating upper extremity trauma
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| Disclosure Statement: Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number 2 K24-AR053120-06. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. |
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| None of the authors has a financial interest to disclose. |
Vol 32 - N° 4
P. 465-475 - novembre 2016 Ritorno al numero
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