Wallace L M, Lees J
South Birmingham Health Authority Psychology Service, Monyhull Hospital, UK.
Burns Incl Therm Inj. 1988 Feb;14(1):39-45. doi: 10.1016/s0305-4179(98)90040-7.
An investigation of the psychological sequelae of two samples of burns patients is presented. Both samples are a nearly complete consecutive series of adult patients treated at a British Regional Burns Unit. Sixteen patients were interviewed at their first discharge from the ward and 6 months later. A further 15 patients were assessed 2 years after their first discharge. Systematic assessment included psychological questionnaires giving estimates of the severity of psychological disturbance. Thirty-one per cent of adults at discharge, 38 per cent at 6 months and 40 per cent at 2 years were sufficiently disturbed to require specialist referral. The type of help received and preferred by patients is also discussed and conclusions drawn about how burns unit staff can improve the adjustment of burns-injured adults.
本文对两组烧伤患者的心理后遗症进行了调查。两组样本几乎涵盖了在英国某地区烧伤治疗中心接受治疗的所有成年患者。16名患者在首次出院时和6个月后接受了访谈。另有15名患者在首次出院2年后接受了评估。系统评估包括心理问卷，以估计心理障碍的严重程度。出院时31%的成年人、6个月时38%的成年人以及2年后40%的成年人心理障碍严重到需要转介给专科医生。文中还讨论了患者接受和希望得到的帮助类型，并就烧伤治疗中心的工作人员如何帮助烧伤成年患者更好地适应生活得出了结论。
