The impact of nurse's follow up care on health status of burn patients

Not Applicable

Conditions: burn.
Incl.: burns (thermal) from: electrical heating appliances electricity flame friction hot air and hot gases hot objects lightning radiation chemical burns [corrosions] (external)(internal) scalds Excl.: erythema [dermatitis] ab igne (L59.0) radiation-rela
T20-T32

Registration Number: IRCT2016110630712N2

Lead Sponsor: Vice Chancellor for research of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Complete

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

Age>18 years; severity of burn > 15%; second and third degree burn; orientation to person, place and time for answering to questions.
Exclusion criteria :
No willing to continue the study; past history of admission to burn centers; history of visual and hearing disorder or mental retardation; history of depression and schizophrenia.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Health status. Timepoint: 3th and 6th month after discharge. Method of measurement: Burn Specific Health Scale, brief- The Persian version of this tool has 40 questions and 8 dimensions. Dimensions describe patients performance such as sensitivity to heat, hand’s performance and simple abilities, therapeutic regimes, labor, sexual functioning, interpersonal relationships, emotion and body image. Items will be scored based on a 5- degree likert, 0 (severly) to 4 (no/ not at all) and higher scores mean higher performance and quality of life.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Psychological Assessment. Timepoint: Discharge time, 1.5, 3 and 6 months after discharge. Method of measurement: General Health Questionnaire 28 (GHQ-28).;Pain. Timepoint: Discharge time, 1.5, 3 and 6 months after discharge. Method of measurement: Brief Pain Inventory.;Pruritus/ Itching. Timepoint: Discharge time, 1.5, 3 and 6 months after discharge. Method of measurement: VAS.;Scar. Timepoint: Discharge time, 1.5, 3 and 6 months after discharge. Method of measurement: VSS: Vancouver Scar Scale.;Range Of Motion: ROM. Timepoint: Discharge time, 1.5, 3 and 6 months after discharge. Method of measurement: Goniometry.