About the group

Traumatic injury is a major cause of mortality, long-term pain and reduced health-related quality of life. The development of modern trauma systems have improved acute care management of trauma patients and, consequently, increased survival following severe injury.

However, the road back to pre-trauma life is difficult for many patients. The rehabilitation healthcare system is not nationally uniform and has limited resources, which potentially complicates early post-trauma patient trajectories.

Main research aims

We aim to assess how injury-specific, biopsychosocial, and geographic factors influence the risk of traumatic events and the development of long-term pain, disability, and persistent prescription drug use after trauma and surgery.

Specific aims

The aims of the IPOT group are to determine the contribution of injury-specific, biopsychosocial, and geographic factors in the risk of experiencing traumatic events, and the post-injury development of diseases, long-term pain, disability, and persistent use of prescribed drugs with abuse potential. Socioeconomic factors will also be studied as risk factors and outcomes related to injuries.

These aims are detailed in several ongoing sub-projects initiated and led by our group.

Projects

Read more about our projects on our pages on OUH (external site).

Cooperation

The group collaborates with several different institutions and research units.

National

  • Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo
  • Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo
  • Institute of Medical Biology, University of Oslo
  • Department of Psychology, University of Oslo
  • Orthopedic Clinic, Oslo University Hospital
  • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Section of Forensic Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital
  • Clinic for Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital
  • Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital
  • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Research
  • Norwegian Institute of Public Health
  • National Institute of Occupational Health
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  • St. Olav’s Hospital
  • Innlandet Hospital Trust
  • Norwegian Trauma Registry
  • Norwegian Intensive Care Registry
  • Norwegian Association for Victims of Personal Injury

International

  • Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada