The authors, researchers of the University of Witten/Herdecke, Cologne, Germany, validate the trauma specific Trauma Outcome Profile (TOP) that is part of the Polytrauma Outcome (POLO) chart. They find good correlation with external measures in various areas of quality of life for the trauma patient and a reliable and valid instrument to assess quality of life in trauma patients with multiple injuries. In contrast, other articles cited propose other instruments that are not trauma specific but valid for other types of medical conditions to evaluate quality of life. This study was the only study found that includes a trauma specific evaluation instrument for quality of life. Moreover, this research supports my findings that measuring trauma
