Comparison of the Quality of Life in Facial Burn Patients by Anxiety Trait.
- Author:
Kyu Ho KIM
1
;
Bong Ki SON
;
Do Hoon KIM
;
Sang Kyu LEE
;
Ihn Geun CHOI
;
Boung Chul LEE
;
Myung Hun JUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Neuropsychiatry, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
State and Trait Anxiety Inventory;
Burn;
Resilience
- MeSH:
Anxiety;
Burn Units;
Burns;
Depression;
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Critical Care;
Quality of Life
- From:Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
2011;50(4):305-309
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: This study was designed to evaluate the quality of life in facial burn patients and its relationship to anxiety. METHODS: The study subjects consisted of 36 patients in a burn center after a burn injury. The assessment of quality of life was performed using a clinical administered SF-36 scale. All participants were instructed to complete the State and Trait Anxiety Inventory of Spielberger, the Beck Depression Inventory. RESULTS: There was no correlation between the trait of anxiety and the degree of the burn. The patients who had a high score in the Trait Anxiety Inventory after the burn injury showed a low quality of life at the one year follow-up. But the patients who had a low score in the Trait Anxiety Inventory showed a better quality of life than patients who had a mild burn injury. CONCLUSION: The results of this study suggest that the patients who had severe facial burns with a high score in the Trait Anxiety Inventory showed the specific properties of a low quality of life. Therefore, they needed intensive care from the beginning of the burn injury. In this process, resilience plays a major role in adapting to acute stress, especially burns, and anxiety is one of the protective factors in resilience.
