Measurement of health-related quality of life (HRQL) is essential to quantify the subjective
burden of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in survivors. We performed a systematic review of …

Background Trauma is the leading cause of death in individuals younger than 40 years.
There are many different models for predicting patient outcome following trauma. To our …

Background Measuring disease and injury burden in populations requires a composite
metric that captures both premature mortality and the prevalence and severity of ill-health …

Objective: To describe the long-term outcomes of major trauma patients and factors
associated with the rate of recovery. Background: As injury-related mortality decreases …

Per capita alcohol consumption in the WHO European Region, including the European
Union (‎ EU)‎, is the highest in the world, which results in proportionally higher levels of …

The views, opinions, and content expressed herein are the views of the consensus panel
members and do not necessarily reflect the official position of SAMHSA or HHS. No official …

Disability adjusted life year (DALY) has been widely used since 1990s for evaluating global
and/or regional burden of diseases. As many environmental pollutants are hazardous to …

Objective To systematically review the methodology of general burden of disease studies.
Three key questions were addressed: 1) what was the quality of the data, 2) which …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of upper extremity injuries
(UEIs) on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in adult patients compared with victims of …

Background The consequences of non-fatal road traffic injuries (RTI) are increasingly
adopted by policy makers as an indicator of traffic safety. However, it is not agreed upon …