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The Late Effect of Accidental Injury Questionnaire (LEAIQ).

U F Malt1, G Blikra, B Høivik

  • 1Department of Surgery, Akershus Central Hospital, Nordbyhagen, Norway.

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. Supplementum
|January 1, 1989
PubMed
Summary

The Late Effect of Accidental Injury Questionnaire (LEAIQ) effectively screens for long-term biological, psychological, and social impacts of trauma. This reliable tool aids clinicians in assessing post-traumatic effects in injured adults.

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Area of Science:

  • Trauma research
  • Psychological assessment
  • Rehabilitation medicine

Background:

  • Traumatic injuries can lead to persistent biological, psychological, and social challenges.
  • Assessing these long-term effects is crucial for effective patient management and recovery.
  • Existing assessment tools may not comprehensively capture the multifaceted nature of late injury effects.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and evaluate the Late Effect of Accidental Injury Questionnaire (LEAIQ).
  • To determine the reliability and validity of the LEAIQ in a large sample of traumatically injured adults.
  • To establish the LEAIQ's utility as a screening instrument for late post-traumatic effects.

Main Methods:

  • Development of the LEAIQ, a self-report questionnaire assessing various injury-related domains.

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  • Preliminary reliability and validity testing conducted across two studies.
  • Inclusion of data from a total of 640 accidentally injured adult participants.

    • Main Results:

    • The LEAIQ demonstrated ease of completion for patients.
    • The questionnaire provided fair estimates of the frequency of long-term biological, psychological, and social effects.
    • Preliminary data indicated good sensitivity and negative predictive power.

    Conclusions:

    • The LEAIQ is a user-friendly instrument for patients to report on late effects of accidental injuries.
    • The LEAIQ shows promise as a valuable first-step screening tool in clinical practice for assessing trauma sequelae.
    • Further validation studies can solidify the LEAIQ's role in trauma outcome assessment.