Gautam Richa, Rajoura O P, Sharma A K, Bhatia M S
Department of Community Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India.
Department of Radiology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, Delhi, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2022 Mar;11(3):1032-1035. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1172_21. Epub 2022 Mar 10.
Burn injury is a highly devastating injury accounting for the major cause of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) lost mostly in developing countries. Physical trauma, body disfigurement, the social stigma associated with injury completely shatter an individual's life.
To study the quality of life among burn injury patients.
A cross-sectional hospital-based descriptive study was done on 150 burn injury patients. During the initial recruitment from Burns and Plastic Surgery Ward, socio-demographic profile and burn incident-related data were collected, whereas the WHO QoL-BREF tool was applied after 3 months of discharge during a follow-up visit in the outpatient department of Burns and Plastic Surgery to assess the quality of life among subjects. Data were compiled in MS Excel and statistical analysis was done using SPSS 20 version.
The study revealed poor quality of life among four domains of QoL; it was most inferior in the psychological domain followed by the physical health domain, environment domain, and social relationship domain.
Advancement in the medical field has improved the survival rate in victims although the patients recover from the acute painful phase of physical trauma. However, the psychological and social impacts of injury remain unaddressed leading to a poor QoL. There is a need for an integrated approach for prevention and enhancement of the quality of care for the victims in all four domains of life. More emphasis is needed on rehabilitative care for long-term improvement in the QoL of the affected person.
烧伤是一种极具破坏性的损伤，是发展中国家伤残调整生命年（DALYs）损失的主要原因。身体创伤、身体毁容以及与损伤相关的社会耻辱感彻底粉碎了一个人的生活。
研究烧伤患者的生活质量。
对150名烧伤患者进行了一项基于医院的横断面描述性研究。在从烧伤整形科病房最初招募患者时，收集了社会人口学资料和烧伤事件相关数据，而在出院3个月后的随访期间，在烧伤整形科门诊应用世界卫生组织生活质量简表（WHO QoL - BREF）工具来评估受试者的生活质量。数据在MS Excel中进行整理，并使用SPSS 20版本进行统计分析。
研究显示生活质量的四个领域中生活质量较差；在心理领域最差，其次是身体健康领域、环境领域和社会关系领域。
医学领域的进步提高了受害者的存活率，尽管患者从身体创伤的急性疼痛阶段恢复过来。然而，损伤的心理和社会影响仍未得到解决，导致生活质量较差。需要一种综合方法来预防和提高受害者在生活的所有四个领域的护理质量。需要更加重视康复护理，以长期改善受影响者的生活质量。
