Psychological impact of burn scars on quality of life in patients with extensive burns who received allotransplant

With the remarkable progress in the field of burns treatment, the outcome of extensive burns improved significantly. The increased likelihood of survival of a burn victim heightens concerns for potential psychological morbidity for the survivors. Hypertrophic scarring is devastating and can result i...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Romanian journal of morphology and embryology 2012, Vol.53 (3), p.577-583
Hauptverfasser:	Niţescu, C, Calotă, D R, Stăncioiu, T A, Marinescu, S A, Florescu, I P, Lascăr, I
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Burns - psychology Burns - surgery Cicatrix - etiology Cicatrix - psychology Female Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation - methods Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation - psychology Humans Male Middle Aged Quality of Life Retrospective Studies Surveys and Questionnaires Survivors - psychology Transplantation, Autologous Transplantation, Homologous Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	With the remarkable progress in the field of burns treatment, the outcome of extensive burns improved significantly. The increased likelihood of survival of a burn victim heightens concerns for potential psychological morbidity for the survivors. Hypertrophic scarring is devastating and can result in disfigurement that affects quality of life. To assess the impact of burn scars on the quality of life of the survivors, we used two scales: the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire to evaluate the quality of life and the POSAS scale for the subjective evaluation of the post-burn scars in 26 patients who suffered extensive burns and received allotransplant. A significant correlation was observed between the WHOQOL-BREF score and POSAS scale (r=-0.93, p
ISSN:	1220-0522