'Coming home does not mean that the injury has gone'-exploring the lived experience of socioeconomic and quality of life outcomes in post-discharge trauma patients in urban India.

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David, Siddarth

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Roy, Nobhojit

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Lundborg, Cecilia Stålsby

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Wärnberg, Martin Gerdin

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Solomon, Harris

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2024-01-13T14:20:41Z

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2024-01-13T14:20:41Z

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2022-11

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Trauma results in long-term socioeconomic outcomes that affect quality of life (QOL) after discharge. However, there is limited research on the lived experience of these outcomes and QOL from low - and middle-income countries. The aim of this study was to explore the different socioeconomic and QOL outcomes that trauma patients have experienced during their recovery. We conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews of 21 adult trauma patients between three to eight months after discharge from two tertiary-care public hospitals in Mumbai, India. We performed thematic analysis to identify emerging themes within the range of different experiences of the participants across gender, age, and mechanism of injury. Three themes emerged in the analysis. Recovery is incomplete-even up to eight months post discharge, participants had needs unmet by the healthcare system. Recovery is expensive-participants struggled with a range of direct and indirect costs and had to adopt coping strategies. Recovery is intersocial-post-discharge socioeconomic and QOL outcomes of the participants were shaped by the nature of social support available and their sociodemographic characteristics. Provisioning affordable and accessible rehabilitation services, and linkages with support groups may improve these outcomes. Future research should look at the effect of age and gender on these outcomes.

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1744-1692

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1744-1706

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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/29783

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eng

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Informa UK Limited

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Global public health

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10.1080/17441692.2022.2036217

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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0

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Humans

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Aftercare

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Patient Discharge

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Qualitative Research

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Quality of Life

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Socioeconomic Factors

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Adult

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India

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'Coming home does not mean that the injury has gone'-exploring the lived experience of socioeconomic and quality of life outcomes in post-discharge trauma patients in urban India.

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Journal article

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Solomon, Harris|0000-0002-8792-469X

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3022

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3042

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11

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Duke

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Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

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Cultural Anthropology

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Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies

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Institutes and Provost's Academic Units

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University Institutes and Centers

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Duke Global Health Institute

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Initiatives

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Duke Science & Society

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Published

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17

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