Background Pelvic ring injuries are serious injuries, often associated with substantial
morbidity and mortality rates. The long-term consequences of these injuries might affect the …

Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) is an ultra-rare inborn error of metabolism characterised
by painful phototoxic burn injuries after short exposure times to visible light. Patients with …

Purpose This study explored the individual trajectories of health-related quality of life
(HRQL) compared to recalled pre-burn level of HRQL and investigated whether burn …

Purpose The aim of this study was to determine the impact of age on patient-reported health-
related quality of life (HRQoL) and the capacity to show resilience—ie, the ability to adapt to …

Abstract Background/Objective: To examine the impact of a disease on a person's subjective
health state, patients are often asked to assess their current health state and to …

Background: Multiple studies have shown that people who have experienced a serious
health problem such as an injury tend to overrate the quality of health they had before that …

Background Pre-injury health status is an important determining factor of long-term
outcomes after orthopaedic major trauma. Determining pre-injury health status of major …

Racial and ethnic minority burn patients face barriers to longitudinal psychosocial support
after injury. Studies utilizing the Burn Model System (BMS) National Database report adult …

Studies on the epidemiology of distal femur fractures show a vast increase in low-energy
trauma-associated fractures in older ages. Age-related changes in bones lead to loss of …

A proxy-assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQL) may be an alternative for burn
patients who are medically unable to self-report shortly after being admitted to the hospital …