Tobiasen J M, Hiebert J M
J Trauma. 1985 Dec;25(12):1151-5.
The effects of teaching patients strategies for coping with the pain of an acute burn injury and its treatment were investigated. Twenty patients with comparable burn injuries and admitted to a Burn Center were randomly assigned to either a control or experimental group. Experimental patients received systematic instruction on how to cope with the pain and stress of burn injury; control patients received standard information and social support only. Results showed that experimental patients reported less pain and greater sense of psychological well-being and control over the outcome of their injuries than did control patients. Moreover, experimental patients went home, on the average, more than 1 week sooner than did control patients. The implications of these findings for the improved care of patients with burn injuries and the economics of burn care are discussed.
研究了教导患者应对急性烧伤伤痛及其治疗的策略所产生的效果。二十名患有类似烧伤且入住烧伤中心的患者被随机分为对照组或实验组。实验组患者接受了关于如何应对烧伤伤痛和压力的系统指导；对照组患者仅接受标准信息和社会支持。结果显示，与对照组患者相比，实验组患者报告的疼痛更少，心理幸福感更强，对伤痛结果的掌控感也更强。此外，实验组患者平均比对照组患者提前一周多出院。讨论了这些发现对改善烧伤患者护理及烧伤护理经济学的意义。
