Health-related quality of life after major extremity trauma: qualitative research with military service members and clinicians to inform measurement of patient-reported outcomes
Many HRQOL topics identified are shared with existing general PRO measures-including pain, physical function, anxiety, depression, anger, positive affect and well-being, fatigue, social participation, and loneliness-as well as rehabilitation-focused PRO measures-such as resilience, grief/loss, stigma, self-esteem, mobility, fine motor functioning, self-care, and independence. This qualitative research can be used to inform domains of HRQOL in need of new PRO measures for this population, including satisfaction with orthosis/prosthesis, satisfaction with physical abilities/athleticism, body image, future outlook, and vocational impact.
Authors
- Pamela A. Kisala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3234-795X)
- Callie E. Tyner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2945-392X)
- Alison L. Pruziner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-2523)
- Christopher L. Dearth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3701-0950)
- Matthew L. Cohen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9609-2461)
- Jill M. Cancio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5890-3048)
- Jerry Slotkin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8199-3056)
- David S. Tulsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4335-4509)
Institutions
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (US)
- Defense Health Agency (US)
- Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (US)
- United States Army Institute of Surgical Research (US)
- Department of Veterans Affairs (AU)
- University of Delaware (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Quality of Life Research
- Published
- 2025-02-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-025-03915-0
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.02
Funders
- U.S. Department of Defense
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital
- Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
- Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
- Naval Medical Center San Diego
- U.S. Army Medical Department
- U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command