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. 2021 Apr 14;10(4):e25980. doi: 10.2196/25980

Table 1.

Primary and secondary outcome measures at 6 and 12 months post injury.

Outcomes Participants Description Completed by
Primary outcomes
  Rehabilitation Complexity Scale Extended–Trauma (RCS E–Trauma) [31] Adult/child Estimation of specialized inpatient rehabilitation needs Rehabilitation specialist
  Needs and Provision Complexity Scale (NPCS) A (Needs) and B (Gets) [27] Adult/child Estimation of community-based rehabilitation needs and registration of community-based rehabilitation provided (Gets) Clinician version: rehabilitation specialist
Patient version: patients by interview
  Family Needs Questionnaire–Pediatric Version (FNQ-P) [32] Families of children and youth A measure for assessing the degree to which the family’s needs have been met Caregivers for children 2-18 years
Secondary outcomes
  Glasgow Outcome Scale Extended (GOSE) [33] Adult/child A global outcome commonly used in trauma research Clinician
  Resilience Scale for Adults (RSA) [34] Adult A measure of resilience Patients
  Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9) [35] Adult A screening of depression Patients
  Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 (GAD-7) [36] Adult A screening of anxiety Patients
  Impact of Event Scale–Revised (IES-R) [37] Adult A measure of presence of subjective distress in adults Patients
  Children’s Revised Impact of Event Scale (CRIES-8) [38] Child/parent A measure of subjective distress in pediatric cases Children from 8 years of age; caregivers
  Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) [39] Child A brief behavioral measure (4-17 years) Caregivers for children 4-17 years
Children 11-17 years
  Return to work/school Adult/family caregiver/ child/parent Work/school status, return to same role/position, benefits from the labor welfare system at individual and family levels Clinicians by interview
  WHOa Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0) [40] Adult A measure of functioning and disability: cognition, mobility, self-care, getting along, life activities and participation Patients/caregivers
  EuroQol Questionnaire (EQ-5D) [41] Adult/family caregiver/ child/parent A generic measure of health status (mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, anxiety/depression); health profiles and a weighted total value for HRQL Patients/caregivers
Parent proxy for children 0-15 years
Children: 8-15 years
  Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (Peds-QL) 4.0 Generic Core Scales [42] Child/parent Patient’s and parent’s perceptions of quality of life Parents: parent proxy for toddlers (2-4 years), young children (5-7 years), children (8-12 years), and teens (13-18 years)
Children/teens: self-report for 5-7 years, 8-12 years, and teens (13-18 years)

aWHO: World Health Organization.