Post-trauma morbidity measured as sick leave is substantial and influenced by factors unrelated to injury: a retrospective matched observational cohort study

摘要

BackgroundMortality as an endpoint has been the focus of trauma research whereas few studies investigate long-term outcomes in terms of morbidity. An adequate analysis of post-injury morbidity includes several dimensions, for this reason sick leave has been used as a proxy for morbidity in the current study. The aim of this retrospective matched observational cohort study was to investigate sick leave before and after trauma and factors associated with prolonged sick leave.