title: Posttraumatic stress and maladjustment among adult burn survivors 1 to 2 years postburn. Part II: the interview data.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to assess the reaction to burn trauma, the hospitalisation characteristics and psychosocial adjustment in 174 burn victims who agreed to participate in a structured interview. It was postulated that once patients sustain a burn, the level of loneliness feelings and feelings of shame is a function of the visibility of the scars. Contrary to expectation, the visibility of the burn scars was not a predictor of pathological feelings of shame. By contrast, social introversion was a factor significantly associated with the development of burn related pathological feelings of shame.
authors.affiliation: Dutch Burns Foundation, Beverwijk, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Taal
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Faber
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007902:Length of Stay; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D011788:Quality of Life; D012307:Risk Factors; D012494:Sampling Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires