Predictors of moderate to severe fatigue 12 months following admission to hospital for burn: Results from the Burns Registry of Australia and New Zealand (BRANZ) Long Term Outcomes project

Highlights • Fatigue is a common after burn but is rarely measured in outcome studies. • Moderate to severe fatigue was prevalent in the first 12-months after burn. • Patients with fatigue had poorer health-related quality of life. • Patients with fatigue experienced higher work-related disability....

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Veröffentlicht in:Burns 2016-12, Vol.42 (8), p.1652-1661
Hauptverfasser: Gabbe, Belinda J, Cleland, Heather, Watterson, Dina, Schrale, Rebecca, McRae, Sally, Taggart, Susan, Darton, Anne, Wood, Fiona, Edgar, Dale W
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Fatigue is a common after burn but is rarely measured in outcome studies. • Moderate to severe fatigue was prevalent in the first 12-months after burn. • Patients with fatigue had poorer health-related quality of life. • Patients with fatigue experienced higher work-related disability. • Gender, geographic remoteness and burn size were predictors of fatigue.
ISSN:0305-4179
1879-1409
DOI:10.1016/j.burns.2016.08.036