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  • Severe trauma significantly contributes to global disability, yet long-term health impacts are under-evaluated.
  • Current research predominantly focuses on acute trauma care, neglecting survivors' long-term needs.

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  • To identify and categorize the key issues experienced by severe trauma survivors up to three years post-injury.
  • To understand the long-term patient-reported outcomes and challenges following severe trauma.

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  • A large-scale qualitative study utilizing semi-structured phone interviews with severe trauma survivors.
  • Random selection of 340 participants from six Level-I trauma centers in France.
  • Double independent thematic analysis of patient-reported issues, grouped into five overarching domains by experts.

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  • Identified 97 common issues grouped into five domains: body/neurological (29), biographical disruption (23), psychological/personality (21), burden of treatment (14), and altered relationships (10).
  • No significant effect of time since trauma, injury location, or in-hospital severity on the distribution of these domains.
  • Issues were reported by a substantial number of participants across all identified domains.

Conclusions:

  • Trauma is a chronic medical condition requiring a paradigm shift in care approaches.
  • Findings underscore the need for enhanced post-discharge and long-term care strategies for severe trauma survivors.
  • Identified issues, including overlooked dimensions, are crucial for improving long-term trauma patient outcomes.