The protocol for validating phone interview tools on post-discharge consequences of road traffic injuries

Background: road traffic injuries (rtis) impose a worldwide burden on public health andeconomy. rtis result in a wide range of immediate and long-term consequences. however, little isknown about post-discharge consequences of rtis at national levels. in addition, reliable andproducing valid data mostly through prospective studies is fundamentally required to address theissue. the aim of this paper was to describe the research protocol for development andpsychometric evaluation of post-discharge consequences of road traffic injuries as part of thepersian traffic cohort (ptc) and complementary to the iranian integrated road traffic injuryregistry (irtir).methods: literature review and expert’s opinion were used to develop data collection tools.registry timeframe was designed based on experts’ opinion. reliability of tools will be assessed using intra- and inter-rater reliability. the pilot phase of the phone interviews on post-dischargeconsequences of road traffic injuries (pcrti) will be conducted in tabriz in 2019.results: the pcrti is designed to be applied at three different time points: one, six and twelvemonths after the crash. the pcrti tools’ main domains are: demographic, psychological, medical,social and financial which will be assessed through pc-ptsd, phq2, whodas,ses-iran, eq-5d-3l and economic assessment standardized tools. the descriptive outcomes willbe reported to the ministry of health and medical education of iran.conclusion: the protocol satisfies the requirements of developing valid data collection tools forpcrti.