TY - JOUR
T1 - The association of compensation on longer term health status for people with musculoskeletal injuries following road traffic crashes: Emergency department inception cohort study
AU - Littleton, S.M.
AU - Cameron, I.D.
AU - Poustie, S.J.
AU - Hughes, D.C.
AU - Robinson, B.J.
AU - Neeman, T.
AU - Smith, P.N.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Objective: To compare the health status of people claiming compensation for injuries sustained in road
traffic crashes (RTC), with people who do not claim compensation.
Design: Prospective cohort study.
Setting: Australian Capital Territory, Australia and a fault based common law compensation scheme.
Subjects: People presenting to the emergency department with mild to moderate musculoskeletal injury
following RTC.
Main outcome measures: Physical Component Score (PCS) and Mental Component Score (MCS) of the
Short Form 36 (SF-36) health status measure, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the
Functional Rating Index (FRI). These measures are recorded immediately post crash, at 6 and 12 months
post crash
AB - Objective: To compare the health status of people claiming compensation for injuries sustained in road
traffic crashes (RTC), with people who do not claim compensation.
Design: Prospective cohort study.
Setting: Australian Capital Territory, Australia and a fault based common law compensation scheme.
Subjects: People presenting to the emergency department with mild to moderate musculoskeletal injury
following RTC.
Main outcome measures: Physical Component Score (PCS) and Mental Component Score (MCS) of the
Short Form 36 (SF-36) health status measure, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the
Functional Rating Index (FRI). These measures are recorded immediately post crash, at 6 and 12 months
post crash
UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20206347
U2 - 10.1016/j.injury.2010.02.011
DO - 10.1016/j.injury.2010.02.011
M3 - Article
SN - 0020-1383
VL - 42
SP - 927
EP - 933
JO - Injury
JF - Injury
IS - 7
ER -