Assessment of long-term functional outcome in patients
who sustained moderate or major trauma: a 4-year prospective cohort study
TH Rainer1, CA Graham1, HH
Yeung1, WS Poon2, HF Ho3, CW Kam4,
P Cameron5
1 Accident & Emergency Medicine
Academic Unit, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2 Department of Surgery, The
Chinese University of Hong Kong
3 Department of Accident &
Emergency, Queen Elizabeth Hospital
4 Department of Accident &
Emergency, Tuen Mun Hospital
5 The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne,
Victoria, Australia
1. In patients who sustained moderate or major
trauma, 45% had an excellent recovery after 4 years, and ≤40% and ≤70% had
achieved a physical and mental health status above or equal to the Hong
Kong norm, respectively.
2. The 4-year post-trauma return-to-work rate for patients who survived the initial insult was 52.3%.
2. The 4-year post-trauma return-to-work rate for patients who survived the initial insult was 52.3%.