Abstract
Burn injuries still negatively influence the various aspects of life like physical performance and quality of life. This study was conducted to investigate at-dismissal self-care compact disk-based instruction program on the physical performance life quality of the patients with burns.One-hundred burn patients in Shahid Motahhari Burn Center, Tehran, Iran were randomly assigned to two equal groups of intervention (n=50) and control (n=50). The latter received only routine dismissal self-care program and the former an instruction compact disc plus the routine self-care program at dismissal. The demographic information and burn patients' quality of life questionnaires were completed before and at months three and six after the intervention self-report program.The physical performance of the intervention and control groups before intervention was 1.61±0.71 and 1.45±0.47, respectively (p=0.41). The physical performance of the intervention group was higher than the control group at three and six months after the intervention (p<0.001).At-dismissal self-care compact disk-based instruction program can increase physical performance and quality of life in patients with burns. Therefore, the burn patients can be instructed based on self-care compact disk-based instruction program as an easy, available and less-costly method to take part in more satisfied treatment.
Highlights
IntroductionBurn is one of the most detrimental damages that an individual may experience during his or her life. Burn is a global crisis www.wjps.ir /Vol.8/No.1/January 2019Quality of life of burn patients regarding general hygiene in global level and severely harms the life and health of an individual and is considered as the fourth most prevalent injury worldwide. Annually, about 2.4 million burns occur around the globe and 650000 cases of which need treatment, 75000 cases are hospitalized and between 8 and 12 thousand cases are considered as superficial burns. An epidemiological study in 2017 in ten countries (Australia, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Finland, Iran, Israel, Netherlands, Oman and Britain) shows that the burn prevalence rate is high in these countries. The burn statistics of Iran, with its 75-million population, are indicative of an annual of 150 thousand cases of burns out of which between 25 and 30 thousand are hospitalized which is reflective of the high rate of burns in Iran.5Burn injuries are the major cause of mortality and disability in the world
Six months post-intervention there was a significant difference between intervention and control groups in terms of physical performance scores, while a higher physical performance score was noticed for intervention group when compared to the control group (p=0.001) (Table 3)
The present study is indicative of the increase in patients’ physical performance at months three and six following the intervention, it can be stated that compact disk-based instructions have resulted in an enhancement in the patients’ physical performance
Summary
Burn is one of the most detrimental damages that an individual may experience during his or her life. Burn is a global crisis www.wjps.ir /Vol.8/No.1/January 2019Quality of life of burn patients regarding general hygiene in global level and severely harms the life and health of an individual and is considered as the fourth most prevalent injury worldwide. Annually, about 2.4 million burns occur around the globe and 650000 cases of which need treatment, 75000 cases are hospitalized and between 8 and 12 thousand cases are considered as superficial burns. An epidemiological study in 2017 in ten countries (Australia, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Finland, Iran, Israel, Netherlands, Oman and Britain) shows that the burn prevalence rate is high in these countries. The burn statistics of Iran, with its 75-million population, are indicative of an annual of 150 thousand cases of burns out of which between 25 and 30 thousand are hospitalized which is reflective of the high rate of burns in Iran.5Burn injuries are the major cause of mortality and disability in the world. Quality of life of burn patients regarding general hygiene in global level and severely harms the life and health of an individual and is considered as the fourth most prevalent injury worldwide.. This study was conducted to investigate at-dismissal self-care compact disk-based instruction program on the physical performance life quality of the patients with burns. METHODS One-hundred burn patients in Shahid Motahhari Burn Center, Tehran, Iran were randomly assigned to two equal groups of intervention (n=50) and control (n=50). The latter received only routine dismissal self-care program and the former an instruction compact disc plus the routine self-care program at dismissal. The demographic information and burn patients’ quality of life questionnaires were completed before and at months three and six after the intervention self-report program
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