@article{ref1,
title="Development and validation of a revised trauma-specific quality of life (RT-QoL) instrument",
journal="Journal of trauma and acute care surgery",
year="2019",
author="Herrera-Escobar, Juan Pablo and Deroon-Cassini, Terri and Brasel, Karen J. and Nehra, Deepika and Al Rafai, Syeda Sanam and Toppo, Alexander and Kasotakis, George and Velmahos, George and Salim, Ali and Haider, Adil Hussain",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The National Academies of Science has called for routine collection of long-term outcomes after injury. One of the main barriers for this is the lack of practical trauma-specific tools to collect such outcomes. The only trauma-specific long-term outcomes measure that applies a biopsychosocial view of patient care, the Trauma Quality-of-Life (T-QoL), has not been adopted due to its length, lack of composite scores, and unknown validity. Our objective was to develop a shorter version of the T-QoL measure that is reliable, valid, specific, and generalizable to all trauma populations. <br><br>METHODS: We used two random samples selected from a prospective registry developed to follow long-term outcomes of adult trauma survivors (Injury Severity Score ≥9) admitted to three Level-I trauma centers. First, we validated the original T-QoL instrument using the SF-12 and Breslau PTSD-screening (B-PTSD) tools. Second, we conducted a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to reduce the length of the original T-QoL instrument; and using a different sample, we scored and performed internal consistency and validity assessments of the revised T-QoL (RT-QoL) components. <br><br>RESULTS: All components of the original T-QoL were significantly correlated negatively with the B-PTSD and positively with the SF-12 mental and physical composite scores. After CFA, a three-component structure using 18-items (6-items/component) most appropriately represented the data. Each component in the revised instrument demonstrated a high level of internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha ≥0.8) and correlated negatively with the B-PTSD and positively with the SF-12, demonstrating concurrent validity. Additionally, each of the RT-QoL components were able to distinguish between individuals based on their work status, with those who have returned to work reporting better health. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: This more practical RT-QoL measure greatly increases the ability to evaluate long-term outcomes in trauma more efficiently and meaningfully, without sacrificing the validity and psychometric properties of the original instrument. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III - Prognostic and Epidemiological.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2163-0755",
doi="10.1097/TA.0000000000002505",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000002505"
}