title: Influencing factors of the quality of life in Chinese burn patients: Investigation with adapted Chinese version of the BSHS-B.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study aims to evaluate the quality of life (QOL) in burn patients in China and find out principal influencing factors, so as to provide evidence for interventions.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 271 burn patients in three major burn units in China were asked to fill in the adapted Chinese version (ACV) of the Burn Specific Health Scale-Brief (ACV BSHS-B) in order to seek out the principal influencing factors in combination with a self-designed demographic and disease condition questionnaire. Multivariable linear regression was used to analyse the principal influencing factors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The findings showed that there were seven principal influencing factors for the overall ACV BSHS-B score. They were: percent total body surface area (TBSA) burned (with the standardised regression coefficient being -0.594), burn area of lower limber (0.241), itch level (-0.227), pain level (-0.220), gender (0.217), mechanical ventilation (0.216) and hand deformity (-0.141).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  QOL decreased in burn patients to different degrees depending on the intensity of burns. With a better understanding of influencing factors of burn patients' QOL, the medical and nursing staff can take specific countermeasures to help patients gain a higher QOL.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Department, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors.forename: Ling-Juan
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Anesthesiology Department, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.affiliation: Burn Center, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: Nursing Department, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Statistics, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Nursing Department, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Ying
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Burn Center, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China. Electronic address: xiazhaofan@163.com.
authors.forename: Zhao-Fan
authors.initials: ZF
authors.lastname: Xia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006227:Hand Deformities, Acquired / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D016014:Linear Models; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000293:injuries; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D011537:Pruritus / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Burn; Influencing factor; Quality of life