The POSTRAUMA trial is a clinical trial at The Regional trauma centre of Western Norway, Haukeland University Hospital.
Trauma is the leading cause of death worldwide in patients aged 1-45 years. In Norway, approximately 10,000 patients are admitted to hospital annually due to trauma, with 66% being male. The mean age is 43 years for male and 48 years for female, indicating a relatively young patient population.
While mortality rates are decreasing, a significant proportion of trauma survivors experience long-term disabilities, reduced quality of life, and difficulties in returning to work. These consequences impose substantial burdens on individuals, families, and society. Considering these issues, a shift in focus is needed-from survival alone to long-term functional recovery and quality of life after trauma.
Severe trauma often requires long-term follow-up, both physically and psychosocially. Traditional follow-up can be fragmented and not tailored to individual needs. Digital patient monitoring and tailored information have the potential to improve patient pathways, but knowledge about how these are experienced by patients is limited.
The goal is to find out if Norwegian trauma patients who receive tailored patient information and patient-managed outpatient digital follow-up, in addition to standard treatment have:
* Less disability
* Return more often to work
* Improved quality of life
The study population are Norwegian trauma patients, 16 years or older at date of inclusion, who are admitted to Haukeland University hospital (HUS) following trauma with trauma team activation. 256 patients will be included in this trial.
Participants will:
* Answer a questionnaire at inclusion, one month, 6 months and 12 months.
* Participants in the intervention group will be invited to digital outpatient follow up one month after the accident.
* Some participants will be interviewed about how they experienced their trauma follow up.