Effect of a rehabilitation program on quality of life among 2nd degree burn adolescents
Quasi experimental study
Keywords:
Rehabilitation Program, Quality of Life, Adolescents, 2nd Degree BurnAbstract
Background: Burn injuries can have profound physical, psychological, and social effects on adolescent when identity and self-esteem are developing. Adolescents with 2nd degree burn injury often face challenges on quality of life, which may include physical pain and discomfort, functional limitations, body image concerns, social isolation, and difficulties with school. Aim of the study: is to assess the effect of a rehabilitation program on quality of life of 2nd degree burn adolescents. Research design: A quasi experimental design was used in study. Study subjects consisted of 100 2nd degree burn adolescents. Setting: The study was conducted at burn unit of plastic surgery department and related outpatient clinic at Ain Shams University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt. Tools: Data was collected using 1): Demographic characteristics of the studied adolescents and their medical data; 2): Pre-post Burn Specific Health Scores-Brief (BSHS-B) assessment; 3) Pre-post Burn Patients' health care needs assessment; 4) Pre-post Children’s Dermatology Life Quality Index. Results: It revealed improvement in the adolescents' posttest good quality of life from 31% to 61% after conduction of the rehabilitation program. Also, the total mean score of BSHS-B and total health care needs were improved by 75.26±18.6 and 39.25±3.79.
Downloads
References
Almarghoub MA, Alotaibi AS, Alyamani A, Alfaqeeh FA, Almehaid FF, Al-Qattan MM, Kattan AE.(2020). The Epidemiology of Burn Injuries in Saudi Arabia: A Systematic Review. J Burn Care Res. 2020;41(5):1122–1127. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
American Burn Association. National Burn Repository 2019 Update, Report of data from 2009–2018 ameriburn.site- ym.com https://ameriburn.site-m.com/store/ViewProduct.aspx?id= 14191872 (2019).
Chen J, Li-Tsang CW, Yan H, Liang G, Tan J, Yang S, Wu J. (2012). A survey on the current status of burn rehabilitation services in China. Burns. 2013 Mar;39(2):269-78. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2012.06. 016. Epub 2012 Sep 13.
Dahl, O., Wickman, M., Bjornhagen, V., Friberg, M.,& Wengstrom, Y. (2016). Early assessment and identification of posttraumatic stress disorder, satisfaction with appearance and coping in patients with burns. Burns, 42(8), 1678–1685. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2016.09.012
Dahl, R., & Suleiman, A. (2017). Adolescent brain development: Windows of opportunity. In N. Balvin & P. Banati (Eds.), The adolescent brain: A second window of opportunity - A compendium (pp. 21–25). MiscellaneaUNICEF Office of Research.
Dumontheil, I. (2015). Development of the social brain during adolescence. Psicología Educativa, 21(2), 117–124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pse.2015.08.001
Echevarría-Guanilo ME, Martins CL, Cantarelli KJ, Gonçalves N, Rossi LA (2012). Visibility of burn scars perceived by patients during the first year of rehabilitation. Rev Bras Queimaduras 11(3):120–124
Griffiths, C., Tollow, P., Cox, D., White, P., Pickles, T., & Harcourt, D. (2021). Testing the responsiveness of and defining minimal important difference (MID) values for the CARe Burn Scales: Patient-Reported Outcome Measures to assess quality of life for children and young people affected by burn injuries, and their parents/caregivers. European Burn Journal, 2(4), 249-280.
Helen E., Diane B., Lesley S. & Thomas B.y., (2017). Nursing management, burn, Lewis’s Medical-Surgical Nursing, chapter (21), section (4), 4th Ed, Australia and New Zealand Company, P. 463
Hemmatpoor B, Gholami A, Parnian S, Seyedoshohadaee M. (2018). The Effect of Life Skills Training on the Self-Management of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis. J Med Life. 2018 Oct-Dec;11(4):387-393. doi: 10.25122/jml-2018-0044.
Liang C.Y, Wang H.J, Yao K.P, Pan H.H, Wang K.Y,. (2011). Predictors of health-care needs in discharged burn patients Article in Burns • November 2011 Available online at www.sciencedirect.com b u r n s 3 8 ( 2 0 1 2 ) 1 7 2 – 1 7 9 doi:10.1016/j.burns.2011.09.010
Masood A, Masud Y, Mazahir S (2016) Gender differences in resilience and psychological distress of patients with burns. Burns 42(2):300–306
Meirte J, van Loey NE, Maertens K, Moortgat P, Hubens G, Van Daele U.(2014). Classification of quality of life subscales within the ICF framework in burn research: identifying overlaps and gaps. Burns. 2014 Nov;40(7):1353-9. doi: 10.1016/j.burns. 2014.01.015. Epub 2014 Mar 28..
Mohammadi N, Tizhoosh M, Seyedoshohadaei M, Haghani H.(2012). Face-to-Face Education vs. Group Education on Knowledge and Anxiety of Patients Undergoing Coronary Angiography. Journal of Hayat. 2012; 18 (3) :44-53 URL: http://hayat.tums.ac.ir/article-1-22-en.html
Mohamed L. F., Hussein H. M. & Hassan M. M. (2023). Health Needs and Problems among Clients with Second-Degree Burn during Follow-Up. Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 2023 EJHC Vol 14. No. 1. 777 – 789.
Mouhamed H. A., Abo-zaid N. A., El Gharib M. H., Elkholy M. A., Aziz M. A, Hassan M. M. and Ali M. E. (2022). Efficacy of Mirror Therapy on Post-burn Elbow Contractures in Adolescent: A Randomized Clinical Trial. South Valley University-International Journal of Physical Therapy and Sciences. Volume 3, Issue 1, February 2022, Page 44-50. DOI: 10.21608/svupts.2022.249462
Nigusie S. T., Desie T., Marew C., Wubneh M., Birhanu A. and Tigabu A., 2021. Health-Related Quality of Life and Its Associated Factors Among Burn Patients at Governmental Referral Hospitals of Amhara Regional State, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020: Institutional-Based Cross-Sectional Study. Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol. 2021; 14: 367–375. DOI: 10.2147/CCID.S306211
Pan R et al. (2015). Health-Related Quality of Life in adolescent survivors of burns: Agreement on self-reported and mothers’ and fathers’ perspectives. Burns 2015;41(5):1107–13.
Paratz JD, Stockton K, Plaza A, MullerM, Boots RJ (2012) Intensive exercise after thermal injury improves physical, functional, and psychological outcomes. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 73(1):186–194
Parrish C, Haines T, Stewart D, Szabo M, Caradec J, Ziegfeld S, Reynolds E, Ostrander R,. (2019). Assessing child quality of life impairments following pediatric burn injuries: Rasch analysis of the children’s dermatology life quality index: Published online: 18 December 2019 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 Quality of Life Research (2020) 29:1083–1091 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-019-02380-w
Pishnamazi ZRN, Heravi-Karimooi M, Vaismoradi M. (2013). Validation of the Persian version of the Burn Specific Health Scale Brief. Burns. 39(1):162–7.
Procter F (2010) Rehabilitation of the burn patient. Indian J Plast Surg 43(Suppl):S101–S113
Robert L Sheridan, MD; Chief Editor: Milton J Klein, DO, MBA (2021) Burn rehabilitation: Medscape 18th May 2021 https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/318436-overview?form=fpf
Rouzfarakh M, Deldar K, Froutan R, Ahmadabadi A, Mazlom SR. (2021). The effect of rehabilitation education through social media on the quality of life in burn patients: a randomized, controlled, clinical trial. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2021 Feb 22;21(1):70. doi: 10.1186/s12911-021-01421-0.
Rybarczyk MM, Kivlehan SM. (2023).Thermal injuries. In: Walls RM, Hockberger RS, Gausche-Hill M, Erickson TB, Wilcox SR, eds. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 10th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2023:chap 54. Medline plus https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000030.htm
Shahid, F., Ismail, M., & Khan, S. (2018). Assessment of quality of life in post burn survivors: a cross-sectional single-center first validation study from Pakistan. Burns open, 2(1), 35-42.
Shrestha, S., & Gurung, P. (2018). Awareness on prevention and first aid management of burn injury among adolescents. Journal of College of Medical Sciences-Nepal, 14(4), 200-205.
Spronk, I., Polinder, S., Loey, N., Vlies, C., f,g, Pijp, A., et al. (2019). “Health related quality of life 5–7 years after minor and severe burn injuries”. Burns J (45) 1291 – 1299.
Stanojcic, M., Abdullahi, A., Rehou, S., Parousis, A. & Jeschke, M. G. (2018). Pathophysiological response to burn injury in adults. Ann. Surg. 267, 576–584
Van Loey NE et al. (2012). Health-related quality of life after burns: a prospective multicenter cohort study with 18 months follow-up. J Trauma Acute Care Surgery 2012;72(2):513–20.
World Health Organization, Burns fact sheet, (2018): http:/www.who.int/ (Accessed January 2018).
Zamanzadeh, V., Valizadeh, L., Lotfi, M., & Salehi, F. (2015). Preserving self-concept in the burn survivors: a qualitative study. Indian Journal of Palliative Care, 21(2), 182–191. https://doi.org/10.4103/0973-1075.156492
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
Copyright (c) 2021 International journal of health sciences
![Creative Commons License](http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/4.0/88x31.png)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Articles published in the International Journal of Health Sciences (IJHS) are available under Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives Licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Authors retain copyright in their work and grant IJHS right of first publication under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Users have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles in this journal, and to use them for any other lawful purpose.
Articles published in IJHS can be copied, communicated and shared in their published form for non-commercial purposes provided full attribution is given to the author and the journal. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.
This copyright notice applies to articles published in IJHS volumes 4 onwards. Please read about the copyright notices for previous volumes under Journal History.