NTRplus (National Trauma Registry)
A registry-based analysis of the National Trauma Registry (NTR) linked to other central health registries and data sources (Norwegian Prescription Database, Cause of Death Registry, Norwegian Patient Registry, Statistics Norway; sickness and disability benefits), will facilitate further improvements in trauma management, rehabilitation, and the transition between hospital and primary health care services. We hypothesize that 1) survivors of trauma are at risk of unfavorable secondary health outcomes including chronic pain, long-term drug prescription, harmful use of opioids and combinations with other drugs (such as opioids, benzodiazepines and z-hypnotics), physical impairment, poor quality of life, and socioeconomic difficulties; 2) that certain trauma subgroups, such as severe musculoskeletal injuries (i.e.: leg/arm/spinal), have higher risk of chronic pain and disability than other groups of injuries; and 3) that recurrent trauma is linked to persistent prescription of opioids, benzodiazepines and z-hypnotics (2 years follow-up data).
Projects:
- Physiologic deviations in trauma patients; prevalence, effect on care trajectory and outcome, Medical Student Ingrid Aalberg, NTNU
- INCIDENCE AND TREATMENT OF POST-TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY, Eirik Taubøl (veileder) og Hilde Flatmark Sødal, UiO
- The Injury Prevention and Outcomes after Trauma project (IPOT): Effects of socioeconomic status on the risk of serious injury and later work ability. Olav Skjærve Brattli, St Olav/NTNU og Volda
- Epidemiology of pediatric trauma in Norway: a national cohort study, Ingvild Haugseth, Ingvil Sofie Bjerke NTNU (studentoppgaver)
- The Injury Prevention and Outcomes after Trauma project (IPOT): A population-based analysis of long-term work ability and use of welfare benefits in trauma survivors, Nina Gjerde Andersen, AKU OUS
- The effects of serious injury on mental health trajectories in Norway, the Injury Prevention and Outcomes following Trauma project (IPOT), Anders Rasmussen, SIL
- New causal and statistical models for patient outcomes after traumatic injury, Catharina Stoltenberg, UiO
- Trauma survivorship. A population-based analysis of inequality in treatment and long-term health outcomes in Norwegian trauma survivors. Oddvar Uleberg, AKU OUS (postdoc HSØ)