The aim of the study was to explore the association between Glasgow Coma Scale 
(GCS), Paediatric Index of Mortality (PIM2) and Injury Severity Score (ISS), and 
the long-term outcome of children with injuries. The health related quality of 
life (HRQL) was assessed by using the Royal Alexandra Hospital for children 
Measure of Function (RAHC MOF), 12 months post discharge. Out of 118 children 
with injuries (9% of all patients), 75 had injury of the head as the leading 
injury. There were no significant differences at admission in the severity of 
clinical condition, as expressed by PIM2 and ISS, between patients with head 
injuries and patients with other injured leading body regions. Children with 
head injuries had significantly worse HRQOL than children with other leading 
injured body region (p < 0.045), and children from road traffic accidents had 
significantly worse HRQL (p = 0.004), compared to other mechanisms of injury. 
HRQL correlated significantly with GCS (p = 0.027), but not with ISS and PIM2. 
As the conclusion, among all scoring systems applied, only GCS, which 
demonstrates severity of head injury, showed significant impact on long-term 
outcome of injured children.