title: Relationships between the Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ) and the SF-36 among young adults burned as children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the relationship between two measures that can be used to examine quality life among pediatric burn survivors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective, correlational study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Acute and rehabilitation pediatric burn care facility.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty young adult survivors of pediatric burns, who were 18-28 years of age, with burns of 30% or greater, and were at least 2 years after burn.
  
  
  METHODS
  Not applicable.
  
  
  METHODS
  The SF-36 and the Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ) were used to assess participant's self-reported general health and long-term adjustment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant correlations (p< or =0.001) were found between the total quality of life score of the QLQ and the mental component scale of the SF-36. However, no significant correlations were found between the total quality of life score of the QLQ and the SF-36 physical component scale.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Approximately 100,000 children are treated for burns annually, with a high percentage surviving, creating a challenge for health care professionals who need to prepare burn survivors with their psychosocial and physical well-being as adults. This study found that the SF-36 and QLQ are measuring somewhat different aspects of psychosocial and physical adjustment. It is recommended that both tools could be useful to the burn practitioner in assessing quality of life.
authors.affiliation: School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States; Shriners Hospitals for Children, Shriners Burns Hospital, Galveston, TX 77555-1144, USA. cbaker@utmb.edu
authors.forename: Christine P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
authors.forename: Kurt A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Mossberg
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Holzer
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Blakeney
authors.forename: Rhonda
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Robert
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D001830:Body Surface Area; D002056:Burns / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D013781:Texas; D055815:Young Adult