Psychosocial outcomes post-major burn injuries in adults – a longitudinal exploratory study.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Burns; Injuries and Accidents - Burns; Mental Health - Other mental health disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12616000828426
• Lead Sponsor: Martha Druery

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-06-23
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 230

Inclusion Criteria

1.Admitted for at least 24 hours as an initial hospitalisation to the Professor Stuart Pegg Adult Burns Unit at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.
2.Sustained a major burn injury defined as affecting greater than 10% of the Total Body Surface Area unless affecting the hands, feet, face or perineum, the presence of airway or inhalation injury, or any burn injury requiring specialist multi-disciplinary care in a burn centre.
3.Aged 18 years or over in order to legally provide consent for participation.

Exclusion Criteria

1.Participants who lack the requisite medico-legal capacity to provide consent to participate — for example, those with a significant acquired brain injury, dementia, congenital intellectual disability, cognitive impairment, psychosis/incapacitating psychiatric illness. This determination will be sought from treating medical staff. The selected self-report measures have not been validated for proxy reporting, precluding the inclusion of incapacitated participants.
2.Participants who are being treated in the burns unit for skin disorders or conditions that are not related to a burn/thermal injury.
3.Burns patients who are admitted for subsequent treatment of a previously sustained injury.
4. Burns patients who are not domiciled in Australia for the 12-month period of follow-up.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of Life - measured by 8 scales (PHQ-9,PCL-C, PAS, SF-12, BSHS-B, EQ-5D, CIQ-R,<br>BSHS-B <br><br><br><br>[3, 6 and 12 months post date of injury]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Health utility (measured by Quality Adjusted Life Years - EQ-5D)[12 months post date of injury]