effect of psychological care on promoting burn patients' compliance with their therapeutic regimens

ABSTRACT

This study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of psychological care on promoting compliance of burn patients with their therapeutic regimens. The sample covered 40 adult burn patients. Selection criteria were patients with more than 15% burn surface area, ability to communicate, and free from psychiatric problems. Necessary data were collected using an assessment sheet to identify the psychological problems and coping scale to identify the coping patterns of the burn patients, in addition to a behavior rating scale to measure the changes in burn patients behavior pre and post-psychological care. Findings revealed a significant improvement in the burn patients' compliance with their therapeutic regimens, Chi-square test was used at 5% level of significance: