TY - JOUR
T1 - Trends 10 years after burn injury
T2 - A Burn Model System National Database study
AU - Chin, Theresa L.
AU - Carrougher, Gretchen J.
AU - Amtmann, Dagmar
AU - McMullen, Kara
AU - Herndon, David N.
AU - Holavanahalli, Radha
AU - Meyer, Walter
AU - Ryan, Colleen M.
AU - Wong, Joshua N.
AU - Gibran, Nicole S.
N1 - Funding Information:
The contents of this report were developed under a grant from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) grant numbers 90DP0029 , 90DP0053 , 90DP0035 and 90DPBU0001 . NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents of this publication do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL, HHS, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
Funding Information:
The contents of this report were developed under a grant from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) grant numbers 90DP0029, 90DP0053, 90DP0035 and 90DPBU0001. NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents of this publication do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL, HHS, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd and ISBI
PY - 2018/12
Y1 - 2018/12
N2 - Background: The Burn Specific Health Scale-Brief (BSHS-B) evaluates 9 aspects of health and has been validated globally. Existing reports typically focus on outcomes shortly after injury. The purpose of this study is to determine whether quality of life remains a concern for burn survivors ten years after-injury. Methods: Cross sectional data of survivors admitted from 1994 to 2006 to four US burn centers were collected in the Burn Model System National Database 10 years after injury. Responses to the items in the nine BSHS-B domains range from 0 to 4. Lower scores indicating poorer quality of life. Median scores are reported and differences were compared using Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney test. Results: Ten-year survivor injury characteristics suggest a moderate severity of injury. Survivors scored lower in heat sensitivity, affect, body image, and work (median = 3.2, 3.6, 2.8, and 3.6, respectively). Affect, body image, and interpersonal scores were significantly lower for females (median = 3.1, 2.8, 3.8, respectively) than males [median = 3.6, 3.3, 4, respectively (p = 0.008, 0.004, 0.022, respectively)]. Conclusions: Our results suggest certain domains of burn specific health benefit from support at 10 years after injury, and select populations such as females may necessitate additional treatment to restore burn-specific health. These results support that burn injuries represent a chronic condition and long-term medical and psychosocial support may benefit burn survivor recovery.
AB - Background: The Burn Specific Health Scale-Brief (BSHS-B) evaluates 9 aspects of health and has been validated globally. Existing reports typically focus on outcomes shortly after injury. The purpose of this study is to determine whether quality of life remains a concern for burn survivors ten years after-injury. Methods: Cross sectional data of survivors admitted from 1994 to 2006 to four US burn centers were collected in the Burn Model System National Database 10 years after injury. Responses to the items in the nine BSHS-B domains range from 0 to 4. Lower scores indicating poorer quality of life. Median scores are reported and differences were compared using Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney test. Results: Ten-year survivor injury characteristics suggest a moderate severity of injury. Survivors scored lower in heat sensitivity, affect, body image, and work (median = 3.2, 3.6, 2.8, and 3.6, respectively). Affect, body image, and interpersonal scores were significantly lower for females (median = 3.1, 2.8, 3.8, respectively) than males [median = 3.6, 3.3, 4, respectively (p = 0.008, 0.004, 0.022, respectively)]. Conclusions: Our results suggest certain domains of burn specific health benefit from support at 10 years after injury, and select populations such as females may necessitate additional treatment to restore burn-specific health. These results support that burn injuries represent a chronic condition and long-term medical and psychosocial support may benefit burn survivor recovery.
KW - Burn Specific Health Scale
KW - Burn injury
KW - Longitudinal research
KW - Rehabilitation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.burns.2018.09.033
DO - 10.1016/j.burns.2018.09.033
M3 - Article
C2 - 30385060
AN - SCOPUS:85055522011
VL - 44
SP - 1882
EP - 1886
JO - Burns
JF - Burns
SN - 0305-4179
IS - 8
ER -