One Year After Mild Injury: Comparison of Health Status and Quality of Life Between Patients with Whiplash Versus Other Injuries

摘要: Objectives: To compare health status, family and occupational impact quality of life one year after an accident between casualties with whiplash versus other mild injuries, to explore the relation initial injury (whiplash vs. other) life. Design: Prospective cohort study. Subjects: The study used data from ESPARR (a representative road casualties) included 173 “pure” a population 207 injuries (MAIS-1). Quality at 1-year follow-up was assessed on WHOQoL-Bref questionnaire. Methods: Correlations explanatory variables were explored by Poisson regression provide adjusted relative risks, analysis variance for various scores explored. Results: One post-accident, more than complained non-recovery status (56% 43%) pain (31% 23%). post-traumatic stress disorder similar in two groups. Impaired did not correlate when models sociodemographic history psychological distress. Whatever lesion, (PTSD) determining factor poorer Conclusions: Sociodemographic factors, pre-accident prior main factors influencing life, rather whether or whiplash. PTSD may also be related pain.