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. 2015 Aug 18;5(8):e008884. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008884

Table 1.

Data collected at baseline and follow-up

Baseline (face-to-face)
 Sociodemographic Age, sex, place of birth, primary language, education, marital status
 Employment Employment status, occupation, household income
 Health BMI (height and weight), history of chronic illness
 Lifestyle habits Smoking status and alcohol consumption
 Circumstances of crash Road user type, role of the injured and use of any preventive measure such as helmet or seatbelt, road type, time of the day
 Quality of life, disability and functioning Likert scale for overall health, PedsQL, EQ-5D-3L, 4 weeks prior to crash and at baseline. History of any disability, WHODAS II (12-item version). GOSE and KOSCHI
 Injury Type of injury and associated hospitalisation, AIS score
 Work Return to work, modified duties, hours
 Cost Direct and indirect costs such as medical costs, drugs, diagnostics, transportation, legal costs, property damage and compensation. Separate assessment of health system costs will be undertaken
1, 2, 4 and 12 months follow-up (telephone interviews)
 Health-related quality of life Likert scale for overall health, EQ-5D-3L and SF-12.
 Healthcare utilisation Days of hospitalisation, rehabilitation and home care
 Quality of life, disability and functioning Likert scale for overall health, PedsQL, EQ-5D-3L, 4 weeks prior to crash and at baseline. History of any disability, WHODAS II (12-item version). GOSE and KOSCHI.
 Disability and functioning History of any disability, WHODAS II
 Cost Direct and indirect costs such as medical costs, drugs, diagnostics, transportation, legal costs, property damage and compensation
Social impact at 12 months follow-up (10% of the sample)
 In-depth interview Exploring issues related to access to healthcare, impact on carer, insurance, advice seeking (health and compensation), social life, impact on work, perception of recovery, impact of injury general view

AIS, Abbreviated Injury Scale; BMI, body mass index; EQ-5D-3L, EuroQol five-dimension three-level version; GOSE, Glasgow Outcome Scale—Extended; KOSCHI, King's Outcome Scale for Childhood Head Injury; PedsQL, Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory; SF-12, Short Form-12; WHODAS II, WHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0.