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Quality of life of adult patients with severe burns |
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| Authors: | Elsherbiny Ola Ebrahim Ebrahim Salem Maha Adel El-Sabbagh Ahmed Hassan Elhadidy Mohamed Radwan Eldeen Sanaa Mohamed Alaa |
| Affiliation: | a Assistant Lecturer of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura, Egypt b Assistant Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing, Adult Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria, Egypt c Lecturer of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Plastic Surgery Unit, Mansoura University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt d Professor of Plastic Surgery, Head of Plastic, Reconstructive and Burn Surgery, Mansoura University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt e Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing, Adult Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria, Egypt |
| Abstract: | BackgroundBurns are one of the most significant health problems throughout the world, leading to prolonged hospitalisation and hence increased expense for the patients, their families and society. Today, the prognosis of patients with burns is dependent, apart from adequate treatment, upon the health-care system and health-care professionals, regarding not only survival, but also lifelong quality of life. This study aims to assess quality of life of adult patients with severe burns.Patients and methodsThis study was conducted on 100 adult patients with severe burns in the burn outpatient clinic (male and female) at Mansoura University Hospital. Parameters of burn and Burn Specific Health Scale (BSHS-B) were used to assess quality of life following burns.ResultsThe study revealed that burns has negative impact on most dimensions of the quality of life of patients with burns.ConclusionsThe quality of life for people who have sustained a burns should be recognised and valued by the burn team in all phases of burn care. |
| Keywords: | QOL, Quality of life BSHS-B, Burn Specific Health Scale-Brief |
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