Petrou Ilias, Papas Athanasios, Panopoulou Georgina, Vassiliou Andreas
School of Medicine, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department, Burns Intensive Care Unit, Nicosia General Hospital, Nicosia, Cyprus.
J Burn Care Res. 2025 Aug 30;46(4):768-775. doi: 10.1093/jbcr/irae213.
Burn injuries have a significant impact on various aspects of survivors' lives. This study evaluates, assesses, and interprets the health-related quality of life in postburn adult survivors. Of 135 patients admitted from 2019 to 2023 in the burns intensive care unit, 70 responded to a questionnaire. Primary socio-demographic data and details about the cause and extent of burns were collected. A brief EuroQol-5 Dimension-5 Levels (EQ-5D-5L) questionnaire was completed by interviewing burn survivors, and data were then analyzed. The mean age of participants was 52.12 years, and the prevalent gender was males (61.4%). Thermal burns were the most common cause of burn-related injury (91.4%)-most subjects (55.8%) suffered from partial-thickness burns, followed by full-thickness burns affecting 42.8%. The most presented percentage of total body surface area (%TBSA) burned was 1%-10%, accounting for 60% of cases. The most required hospitalization timeframe was 1-5 days. Regarding participants' quality of life (QoL), most reported no problem in the 5 health dimensions. The health dimensions that were mainly affected were depression/anxiety followed by pain/discomfort. All participants' mean EQ-visual analogue scale (EQ-VAS) score was 80.98. Our findings disclose a compromised health-related quality of life for postburn individuals, particularly in dimensions of depression/anxiety followed by pain/discomfort. There is a pressing need to establish long-term support for burn survivors by relevant organizations.
烧伤对幸存者生活的各个方面都有重大影响。本研究对成年烧伤后幸存者的健康相关生活质量进行评估、评价和解读。在2019年至2023年入住烧伤重症监护病房的135例患者中，70例回复了问卷。收集了主要的社会人口统计学数据以及烧伤原因和程度的详细信息。通过对烧伤幸存者进行访谈，完成了一份简短的欧洲五维健康量表（EQ-5D-5L）问卷，然后对数据进行分析。参与者的平均年龄为52.12岁，男性占多数（61.4%）。热烧伤是烧伤相关损伤的最常见原因（91.4%），大多数受试者（55.8%）为浅度烧伤，其次是深度烧伤，占42.8%。烧伤总面积（%TBSA）最常见的比例为1%-10%，占病例的60%。最需要的住院时间为1-5天。关于参与者的生活质量（QoL），大多数人在五个健康维度上均表示无问题。主要受影响的健康维度是抑郁/焦虑，其次是疼痛/不适。所有参与者的平均EQ视觉模拟量表（EQ-VAS）得分为80.98。我们的研究结果表明，烧伤后个体的健康相关生活质量受损，尤其是在抑郁/焦虑维度，其次是疼痛/不适维度。相关组织迫切需要为烧伤幸存者建立长期支持。
