title: Coping with severe burns in the early stage after burn injury.
abstract: This study examined the relationship between coping strategies, anxiety and depression levels and burn injury characteristics in the early phase of the treatment in burn-injured patients. Seventy patients with severe burns were interviewed within two weeks of their burn trauma. Coping strategies were measured by the coping with burns questionnaire (CBQ). Anxiety and depression levels were assessed with the Beck Depression Inventory and the Beck Anxiety Inventory. There were no statistically significant gender differences in various coping strategies. Avoidance was associated with higher levels of anxiety, depression and hopelessness. The percentage of total body surface area (TBSA) and localization of burns were not associated with coping patterns. Implications for the assessment and management of burn injured patients were discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department for Psychological Medicine, University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia. mbras@kbc-zagreb.hr
authors.forename: Marijana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bras
authors.forename: Zoran
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Loncar
authors.forename: Lovorka
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brajković
authors.forename: Rudolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gregurek
authors.forename: Vlatko
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Micković
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D002056:Burns / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged