Patterson David R, Finch Carmel P, Wiechman Shelley A, Bonsack Rhonda, Gibran Nicole, Heimbach David
University of Washington School of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, 98104-2499, USA.
J Burn Care Rehabil. 2003 Sep-Oct;24(5):347-50. doi: 10.1097/01.BCR.0000086070.91033.7F.
The presence of psychiatric problems in burn patients has been found to have an impact on their burn care and long-term adjustment. This study investigated rates of previous mental health symptoms in a sample of 199 hospitalized burn patients screened for previous psychiatric diagnoses. Patients were instructed to fill out a questionnaire about their mental health functioning on the Rand Inventory for the month preceding their burn injury. Scores compared with a national normative sample on the Rand Mental Health Inventory revealed that burn patients scored higher on psychological distress, anxiety, depression, and loss of behavioral and emotional control. These results reflect other studies in the literature, indicating that burn patients are premorbidly more psychologically vulnerable than the general population, a factor that likely contributes to many of them sustaining their injuries.
研究发现，烧伤患者存在的精神问题会对其烧伤护理及长期适应产生影响。本研究调查了199名因既往精神科诊断而住院的烧伤患者样本中既往心理健康症状的发生率。患者被要求填写一份关于其在烧伤前一个月的兰德量表上心理健康功能的问卷。与兰德心理健康量表的全国常模样本相比，得分显示烧伤患者在心理困扰、焦虑、抑郁以及行为和情绪控制丧失方面得分更高。这些结果与文献中的其他研究一致，表明烧伤患者在病前比一般人群在心理上更脆弱，这一因素可能导致他们中的许多人受伤。
