Psychological long-term adjustment in children with head burns.
OBJECTIVE
To determine psychological adjustment of children after head burns.


METHODS
One hundred four children and adolescents between the ages of 5 and 17 years were assessed with the Child Behavior Checklist 1 to 13 years after burn. Mean total body surface area burned was 18%. According to burn localization, patients were classified into two groups: patients with head burns versus patients with burns of other areas.


RESULTS
Psychological adjustment as measured by the broad- and narrow-band scales of the Child Behavior Checklist was normal in both samples of burned patients.


CONCLUSIONS
This study failed to find any specific psychological problems in survivors of pediatric head burns.
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Pediatric Burn Center, Department of Surgery, University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland. mlandolt@kispi.unizh.ch
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D002056:Burns / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017741:Survivors