PMID- 34779870 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220616 LR - 20220616 IS - 1863-9941 (Electronic) IS - 1863-9933 (Linking) VI - 48 IP - 3 DP - 2022 Jun TI - Prediction of recovery in trauma patients using Latent Markov models. PG - 2059-2080 LID - 10.1007/s00068-021-01798-7 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: Patients' expectations during recovery after a trauma can affect the recovery. The aim of the present study was to identify different physical recovery trajectories based on Latent Markov Models (LMMs) and predict these recovery states based on individual patient characteristics. METHODS: The data of a cohort of adult trauma patients until the age of 75 years with a length of hospital stay of 3 days and more were derived from the Brabant Injury Outcome Surveillance (BIOS) study. The EuroQol-5D 3-level version and the Health Utilities Index were used 1 week, and 1, 3, 6, 12, and 24 months after injury. Four prediction models, for mobility, pain, self-care, and daily activity, were developed using LMMs with ordinal latent states and patient characteristics as predictors for the latent states. RESULTS: In total, 1107 patients were included. Four models with three ordinal latent states were developed, with different covariates in each model. The prediction of the (ordinal) latent states in the LMMs yielded pseudo-R(2) values between 40 and 53% and between 21 and 41% (depending of the type R(2) used) and classification errors between 24 and 40%. Most patients seem to recover fast as only about a quarter of the patients remain with severe problems after 1 month. CONCLUSION: The use of LMMs to model the development of physical function post-injury is a promising way to obtain a prediction of the physical recovery. The step-by-step prediction fits well with the outpatient follow-up and it can be used to inform the patients more tailor-made to manage the expectations. CI - (c) 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany. FAU - Havermans, Roos Johanna Maria AU - Havermans RJM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7037-4671 AD - Department of Surgery, ETZ Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands. r.havermans@etz.nl. AD - Brabant Trauma Registry, Network Emergency Care Brabant, Tilburg, The Netherlands. r.havermans@etz.nl. FAU - Clouth, Felix Johannes AU - Clouth FJ AD - Department of Methodology and Statistics, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands. FAU - Lansink, Koen Willem Wouter AU - Lansink KWW AD - Department of Surgery, ETZ Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands. AD - Brabant Trauma Registry, Network Emergency Care Brabant, Tilburg, The Netherlands. FAU - Vermunt, Jeroen Kornelis AU - Vermunt JK AD - Department of Methodology and Statistics, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands. FAU - de Jongh, Mariska Adriana Cornelia AU - de Jongh MAC AD - Brabant Trauma Registry, Network Emergency Care Brabant, Tilburg, The Netherlands. FAU - de Munter, Leonie AU - de Munter L AD - Department Trauma TopCare, ETZ Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20211115 PL - Germany TA - Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg JT - European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society JID - 101313350 SB - IM MH - *Activities of Daily Living MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Cohort Studies MH - Humans MH - Length of Stay MH - *Outcome Assessment, Health Care MH - Recovery of Function OTO - NOTNLM OT - Latent Markov model OT - Physical function OT - Recovery OT - Trauma EDAT- 2021/11/16 06:00 MHDA- 2022/06/18 06:00 CRDT- 2021/11/15 12:25 PHST- 2021/04/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/09/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/11/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/06/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/11/15 12:25 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s00068-021-01798-7 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s00068-021-01798-7 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2022 Jun;48(3):2059-2080. doi: 10.1007/s00068-021-01798-7. Epub 2021 Nov 15.