A population-based study of treated mental health and persistent pain conditions after transport injury

Injury
M J GiummarraBelinda J Gabbe

Abstract

Persistent pain and mental health conditions often co-occur after injury, cause enormous disability, reduce social and economic participation, and increase long-term healthcare costs. This study aimed to characterise the incidence, profile and healthcare cost implications for people who have a treated mental health condition, persistent pain, or both conditions, after compensable transport injury. The study comprised a population cohort of people who sustained a transport injury (n = 74,217) between 2008 to 2013 and had an accepted claim in the no-fault transport compensation system in Victoria, Australia. Data included demographic and injury characteristics, and payments for treatment and income replacement from the Compensation Research Database. Treated conditions were identified from 3 to 24-months postinjury using payment-based criteria developed with clinical and compensation system experts. Criteria included medications for pain, anxiety, depression or psychosis, and services from physiotherapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and pain specialists. The data were analysed with Cox Proportional Hazards regression to examine rates of treated conditions, and general linear regression to estimate 24 month healthcare costs. O...Continue Reading

Citations

Apr 21, 2019·Injury Prevention : Journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention·Stella SamoborecSue Evans
Jan 26, 2020·Journal of Clinical Medicine·Jelena KovacevicIvan Miskulin
Sep 19, 2019·Pain Medicine : the Official Journal of the American Academy of Pain Medicine·Melita J GiummarraBelinda J Gabbe
Dec 5, 2020·Rheumatology·Jesús Prego-DomínguezBahi Takkouche
Feb 11, 2021·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Jelena KovacevicMarija Candrlic

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