Bouillon B, Hirschel V, Imig R, Tiling T, Troidl H
II. Chir. Lehrstuhl, Universität zu Köln.
Langenbecks Arch Chir Suppl II Verh Dtsch Ges Chir. 1989:117-22.
A cohort study of 202 patients showed that all different aspects of quality of life--physical function, psychological function, social function and symptoms--were altered after multiple injury. Sixty-three percent of the patients rated their quality of life after trauma as average or bad. Since the quality of life is a relevant problem after trauma, it is necessary to use it as an important endpoint to judge results after multiple injury. Findings from such studies must be integrated into existing diagnostic and therapeutic concepts.
