title: Outcomes Assessment After Hand Burns.
abstract: Accurately assessing function and disability after hand burns is imperative to improving the management of patients. The biological, social, and psychological impact of these injuries should be considered. The International Classification of Functioning Disability (ICF) and Health Core Sets for Hand Conditions provides a guide to what should be measured and reported. Although many outcomes measures instruments are available to assess patients with hand or burn injuries, few are validated in the subpopulation of hand burns. Further efforts are required to investigate the ability of current assessment instruments to evaluate hand burn outcomes within the ICF framework.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Saint Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor, 5333 McAuley Drive, Suite 2111, Ypsilanti, MI 48197, USA.
authors.forename: Shepard P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.affiliation: Section of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Michigan Health System, 2130 Taubman Center, SPC 5340, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5340, USA. Electronic address: kecchung@umich.edu.
authors.forename: Kevin C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications*; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D063868:Patient Outcome Assessment; D000071066:Patient Reported Outcome Measures; D011788:Quality of Life
keywords: Burns; Hand; Outcomes; WHO-ICF