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Long-Term Patient-Reported Outcomes And Patient-Reported Outcome Measures After Injury: The National Trauma Research Action Plan (Ntrap) Scoping Review, Juan P. Herrera-Escobar, Samia Y. Osman, Sophiya Das, Alexander Toppo, Claudia P. Orlas, Manuel Castillo-Angele, Angel Rosario, Mahin B. Janjua, Muhammad Abdullah Arain, Adil H. Haider May 2021

Long-Term Patient-Reported Outcomes And Patient-Reported Outcome Measures After Injury: The National Trauma Research Action Plan (Ntrap) Scoping Review, Juan P. Herrera-Escobar, Samia Y. Osman, Sophiya Das, Alexander Toppo, Claudia P. Orlas, Manuel Castillo-Angele, Angel Rosario, Mahin B. Janjua, Muhammad Abdullah Arain, Adil H. Haider

Section of General Surgery

Background: The aim of this scoping review is to identify and summarize patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) that are being used to track long-term patient-reported outcomes (PROs) after injury and can potentially be included in trauma registries.
Methods: Online databases were used to identify studies published between 2013 and 2019, from which we selected 747 articles that involved survivors of acute physical traumatic injury aged 18 years or older at time of injury and used PROMs to evaluate recovery between 6 months and 10 years postinjury. Data were extracted and summarized using descriptive statistics and a narrative synthesis of the results. …


Mental Health Is Not A Luxury In Pakistan, Salma Kerai Jan 2016

Mental Health Is Not A Luxury In Pakistan, Salma Kerai

Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences (PJNS)

A day with a fever is taken serious enough to get off from work in contrast to a day with emotional distress. World health organization defines health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. However, mental health is not seen as an integral part of overall well-being in many cultures.