Trauma in Adolescents Causes Long-Term Marked Deficits in Quality of Life: Adolescent Children do not Recover Preinjury Quality of Life or Function up to Two Years Postinjury Compared to National Norms

Abstract

Major trauma in adolescents is associated with significant and marked deficits in long-term QoL outcomes, compared with U.S. norms for healthy adolescents. Early identification and treatment of risk factors for poor long-term QoL outcomes must become an integral component of trauma care in mature trauma care systems.