Effects of systematic rehabilitation training and mental intervention on the prevention of scar deformities of deep hand burn

Abstract

Objective To apply and evaluate the effects systematic rehabilitation training on patients with scar deformity after the deep hand burn and carry out mental intervention. Methods A total of 66 patients with scar deformity after the deep hand burn were randomly admitted to either observation group (n=33) or control group (n=33). Statistical software was used for random number method. The patients of control group adopted routine treatment nursing measures and the patients of observation group received early prevention and treatment measures, and psychological intervention. We compared and analyzed the two groups of patients with rehabilitation, psychological status and satisfaction and so on. Results The patients in the observation group were better in hand function rehabilitation, excellent in 17 cases, good in 12 cases and poor in 4 cases comparing with control group, in 33 cases of the control group, it was excellent in 7 cases, good in 10 cases and poor in 16 cases(P<0.01). The average SF-36 score of the observation group was (81.37±4.71), and that of the control group was (69.46±4.53), and the patient satisfaction of the observation group was higher(P<0.05). Conclusions Systematic training can benefit the recovery of hand deep burn while mental intervention can promote patients′ psychological health, so this kind of patients should be taken positive treatment interventions combined with mental intervention in clinic. Key words: Rehabilitation training; Mental intervention; Burn; Hand; Scar deformity