Fig 1.
Flowchart of patient recruitment and selection process.
Flowchart illustrating patient recruitment and selection process, showing the number of survivors at hospital discharge, patients eligible for follow-up, those deceased during the observation period, and the final number of patients who completed follow-up (response rate 21.5%).
Table 1.
Demographic data, injury severity, clinical course and outcome of severely injured patients and polytrauma patients.
Table 2.
Localization of initial injured body region of survivors (Abbreviated Injury Scale AIS > 0).
Fig 2.
Quality of life as measured by SF-36.
Comparison of mean values between the severely injured group (ISS ≥ 9 and <16 points or an injury confined to a single body region) and the polytrauma group (ISS ≥ 16 points and injuries in more than one body region). Physical functioning, physical role, pain, general health, vitality, social functioning, emotional role, and mental health on the X-axis, scale values ranging from 0 to 100 on the Y-axis.
Fig 3.
Current health status as measured by EQ-5D 3L.
Comparison of mean values between the severely injured group (ISS ≥ 9 and <16 points or an injury confined to only a single body region) and the polytrauma group (ISS ≥ 16 points and injuries in more than one body region). Mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain, and anxiety on the X-axis, coefficient values ranging from 0.7 to 1 on the Y-axis.
Fig 4.
Trauma-specific impact on quality of life measured by TOP.
Comparison of mean values between the severely injured group (ISS ≥ 9 and <16 points or an injury confined to only a single body region) and the polytrauma group (ISS ≥ 16 points and injuries in more than one body region). Depression, anxiousness, PTSD, social aspects, pain, physical function, daily activities, mental function, body image, and satisfaction on the X-axis. The y-axis shows the corresponding TOP scores ranging from 0 to 100.