Disability after injury: The cumulative burden of physical and mental health

Abstract

Context: Injury is one of the leading contributors to the global burden of disease. The factors that drive long-term disability after injury are poorly understood. Objective: The main aim of the study was to model the direct and indirect pathways to long-term disability after injury. Specifically, the relationships between 3 groups of variables and long-term disability were examined over time. These included physical factors (including injury characteristics and premorbid disability), pain severity (including pain at 1 week and 12 months), and psychiatric symptoms (including psychiatric history and posttraumatic stress, depression, and anxiety symptoms at 1 week and 12 months). Design, Setti..