Comparison of the Quality of Life in Facial Burn Patients by Anxiety Trait / 신경정신의학
Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
; : 305-309, 2011.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-205265
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
This study was designed to evaluate the quality of life in facial burn patients and its relationship to anxiety.METHODS:
The study subjects consisted of 36 patients in a burn center after a burn injury. The assessment of quality of life was performed using a clinical administered SF-36 scale. All participants were instructed to complete the State and Trait Anxiety Inventory of Spielberger, the Beck Depression Inventory.RESULTS:
There was no correlation between the trait of anxiety and the degree of the burn. The patients who had a high score in the Trait Anxiety Inventory after the burn injury showed a low quality of life at the one year follow-up. But the patients who had a low score in the Trait Anxiety Inventory showed a better quality of life than patients who had a mild burn injury.CONCLUSION:
The results of this study suggest that the patients who had severe facial burns with a high score in the Trait Anxiety Inventory showed the specific properties of a low quality of life. Therefore, they needed intensive care from the beginning of the burn injury. In this process, resilience plays a major role in adapting to acute stress, especially burns, and anxiety is one of the protective factors in resilience.
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Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Anxiety
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Quality of Life
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Burn Units
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Burns
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Follow-Up Studies
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Critical Care
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Depression
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Aspects:
Patient-preference
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
Year:
2011
Document type:
Article