[Correlative analysis of the psychological disorder with ability to resume work in burn patients].
OBJECTIVE
To analyze the influencing factors of the psychological disorder in burn patients and its correlation with the ability to resume work.


METHODS
Five hundred and sixty burn patients aged 7 approximately 76 years old were enrolled in the study. The patients' psychological disorder was evaluated by self-rating anxiety scale (SAS), self-rating depression scale (SDS), and symptom check list-90 (SCL-90). Global assessment scale (GAS) was employed to detect the severity of the psychological disorder and the social function during 1 month to 2 years of the convalescent stage of burn patients. Discharged burn patients were followed up by questionnaire and telephone for their ability to resume work.


RESULTS
Anxiety and depression in patients with severe burn or facial burn occurred earlier and severer and the patients worried about the possibility to resume their work, the maintainance of family relation, and the ability to join the society, All these problems aggravated their psychological disorder. After psychotherapy, the disorders were obviously alleviated (P < 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Severe psychological disorders might delay the time of patients'ability to resume their previous work.
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Department of Burns, The 1st People's Hospital of Shang Qiu City, Shang Qiu 476100, Henan Province, P.R. China.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002056:Burns / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011613:Psychotherapy; D014937:Work