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Perceived Physical and Psychological Outcome After Severe Burn Injury
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- Kildal, Morten (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Plastikkirurgi
- Ekselius, Lisa (thesis advisor)
- Gerdin, Bengt (thesis advisor)
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- ISBN 9155455905
- Uppsala : Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2003
- English 59 s.
- Series: Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine, 0282-7476 ; 1247
- Doctoral thesis (other academic/artistic)
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- There is very little data on physical and psychological long-term outcome after severe burn injury. The aim of the present thesis was to improve current instruments for assessment of these issues, to assess long-term outcome in a cohort of patients with burn injuries, and to explore the contribution of the individual factors of personality and coping on perceived outcome.Patients treated at the Burn Unit, Uppsala University Hospital, between 1980 and 1995 were included on a consecutive basis if they were 18 years of age or older at follow-up, had burn injuries of ten percent or more, or hospitalization times of seven days or more. A total of 350 patients fulfilled these inclusion criteria.A factor analytic approach was used to derive a 40-item instrument called the Burn Specific Health Scale-Brief (BSHS-B), resulting in nine well-defined domains. Most burn patients reported a very good perceived outcome but a subgroup reported problems years after injury. On a group level most problems were related to Heat Sensitivity, Work and Body Image. The depth of injury, gender, marital status and living conditions were all related to outcome. Neurotic personality traits were related to perceived health, and were not confined only to psychological aspects of life but also included physical aspects. A 33-item burn-specific coping scale, the Coping with Burns Questionnaire (CBQ), with six clearly separated domains with acceptable internal consistencies was developed. Coping strategies were strongly related to outcome in the subgroup of patients reporting most problems in perceived health, and coping contributed more to psychosocial than physical health. Avoidant coping and Emotional support seeking had independent effects on outcome.The observation that Neuroticism and Avoidant coping strategies are related to bad outcome after severe burn injury indicates that patients with such characteristics should be given special attention during rehabilitation.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Kirurgi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Surgery (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Surgery
- Burns
- Outcome Assessment
- Health Status
- Quality of Life
- Personality
- Rehabilitation
- Wounds and Injuries
- Accidents
- Coping
- Kirurgi
- Surgery
- Kirurgi
- plastikkirurgi
- Plastic Surgery
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