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The risk factors of psychosocial problems for burn patients.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17698294     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Many burn patients experience psychosocial problems such as personality change, post-traumatic stress disorder, family trouble, and financial burden. The purpose of this study was to identify the risk factors of these psychosocial problems that prevented burn patients from developing appropriate adjustments after burn. Six hundred eighty-six adult burn inpatients were interviewed. Most of them suffered from burns less than 10% of total body surface area. They were asked to fill in a questionnaire for this study, which was a psychosocial problem checklist of 17 items. Descriptive analysis, factor analysis, Chi-square test, and multiple logistic regression analysis were used to analyze the results. Lack of family support and living expense burden were the two significant risk factors for psychosocial problems including, burn treatment problems, rehabilitation problems, and welfare information problems on both acute and chronic burn patients. Medical expense burden was the risk factor among chronic burn patients. These findings suggested that active interventions by the burn team including mental health professionals (psychologist, psychiatrist or social worker) might reduce psychosocial problems of burn patients and encourage social rehabilitation.
Authors:
So-Young Park; Kyung-Ae Choi; Young-chul Jang; Suk-Joon Oh
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2007-08-14
Journal Detail:
Title:  Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries     Volume:  34     ISSN:  0305-4179     ISO Abbreviation:  Burns     Publication Date:  2008 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-01-14     Completed Date:  2008-05-14     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8913178     Medline TA:  Burns     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  24-31     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Social Work, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University Medical Center, 94-200 Yongdueungpo-dong, Yongdueungpo-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acute Disease
Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Age Factors
Aged
Burns / pathology,  psychology*,  rehabilitation
Chronic Disease
Cost of Illness
Cross-Sectional Studies
Family Relations
Female
Humans
Male
Mental Disorders / etiology*
Middle Aged
Risk Factors
Social Security
Social Support

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