Burn morbidity: a followup study of physical and psychological disability.
Fifty-one burn patients were studied in a retrospective manner to determine the effects of the burn injury on their ability to return to their pre-burn physical and social status. The results of this study indicate that: 1) 79% of the patients were able to return to work or school, though 45% required a change in work and 25% were not able to continue with their peer groups in school; 2) the average time of disability was 6 months; 3) there was a significant psychological morbidity as demonstrated by self-confessed depression, juvenile delinquency and divorce. There is a need for awareness of these problems so that proper counseling can be offered to the burn patient and his family both during his hospitalization and after discharge.
D000041:Absenteeism; D000275:Adjustment Disorders; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002056:Burns / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004243:Divorce; D004493:Education; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency; D007615:Kansas; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational; D012189:Retrospective Studies