Article ; Online: Are trauma surgical societies adequately addressing mental health after injury?
2022 Volume 172, Issue 5, Page(s) 1549–1554
Abstract: Background: Survivors of physical trauma, their home caregivers, and their medical providers all have an increased risk of developing psychological distress and trauma-related psychiatric disease. The purpose of this study was to describe the frequency ... ...
Abstract | Background: Survivors of physical trauma, their home caregivers, and their medical providers all have an increased risk of developing psychological distress and trauma-related psychiatric disease. The purpose of this study was to describe the frequency and change over time of trauma society research presentations regarding mental health to identify opportunities for growth. Methods: Archives from 2018 to 2020 from the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, and the Western Trauma Association were reviewed. The studies that measured mental illness, psychosocial distress, and other psychosocial factors were assessed: for (1) the use of patient-reported outcome measures (2) the association of psychosocial variables with outcomes; and (3) the interventions investigated. Change over time was assessed using χ Results: Of 1,239 abstracts, 57 (4.6%) addressed at least 1 mental health-related factor. Mental health was more frequently studied over time (2018 [3.2%]; 2019 [3.5%]; 2020 [7.7%]; P = .003). The most frequently measured factors were post-traumatic stress disorder, quality of life, general mental health, and depression. Seventeen (29.8%) abstracts addressed substance abuse, most commonly opioid abuse. Seven (12.3%) abstracts measured mental health in caregivers or medical providers. Patient-reported outcome measures were used in 32 studies (56.1%). Two-thirds of studies reported findings suggesting that mental illness impairs trauma-related outcomes. Only 5 (8.8%) investigated interventions designed to reduce adverse outcomes. Conclusion: Although academic discussion of mental health after trauma increased from 2018 to 2020, the topic remains a limited component of annual programs, patient-reported outcome measures remain underutilized, and intervention studies are rare. |
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MeSH term(s) | Caregivers ; Humans ; Mental Health ; Quality of Life ; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/epidemiology ; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/etiology ; Substance-Related Disorders | |||||
Language | English | |||||
Publishing date | 2022-08-16 | |||||
Publishing country | United States | |||||
Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural | |||||
ZDB-ID | 202467-6 | |||||
ISSN | 1532-7361 ; 0039-6060 | |||||
ISSN (online) | 1532-7361 | |||||
ISSN | 0039-6060 | |||||
DOI | 10.1016/j.surg.2022.06.022 | |||||
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Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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