Assessments of quality of life in burn patients after hospital treatment in Jember

Background: Burn injuries can contribute to physical and psychological problems affecting quality of life (QoL). The QoL is a parameter to assess medical results after treatment. In Indonesia, studies concerning burn patients’ QoL after treatment are still limited. Objective: This study aims to obse...

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Main Authors: Agnellia Maulidya Utami, Ulfa Elfiah, Desie Dwi Wisudanti
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Medicine 2020-08-01
Series:JKKI (Jurnal Kedokteran dan Kesehatan Indonesia)
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Online Access:https://journal.uii.ac.id/JKKI/article/view/12059
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author Agnellia Maulidya Utami
Ulfa Elfiah
Desie Dwi Wisudanti
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description Background: Burn injuries can contribute to physical and psychological problems affecting quality of life (QoL). The QoL is a parameter to assess medical results after treatment. In Indonesia, studies concerning burn patients’ QoL after treatment are still limited. Objective: This study aims to observe correlations between 8 dimensions of QoL after treatment and histories of burn severity, numbers of surgical procedures, and lengths of hospital stay Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted in December 2018. Subject criteria of this study were patients who have experienced burn injuries for the last 2 years and have been treated at dr. Soebandi Hospital Jember. Then all the patients were discharged from the hospital by following medical advice in recovered conditions. They were asked to complete SF-36 questionnaires that consist of 8 dimensions of QoL. Every dimension was correlated with histories of burn severity, numbers of surgical procedure, and lengths of hospital stay. Next, the obtained data were analysed by Pearson and Spearman. Results: 13 subjects or patients were analysed. Most of them (38.5%) were adults in a range of 41 – 50 years old and were male (69.2%). A bivariate analysis found a significant negative correlation between burn severity and QoL in physical functions, bodily pains, and mental health dimensions (p=0.030, p=0.012, p=0.044). A significant negative correlation was also reported between numbers of surgical procedures and QoL in physical role dimensions (p=0.047). Lengths of hospital stay had a significant negative correlation with physical functions and physical role dimensions (p=0.044, p=0.031). Conclusion: This study revealed significant correlations between burn severity, numbers of surgical procedures, length of hospital stay and the various dimensions of QoL. This study also provided data of QoL, so in the future burn centres can identify dimensions of QoL after burn injuries and can improve their burn management and patient care to improve their QoL.
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spelling doaj.art-3e53fb5dd7334dd9938bfbe9d07a8e862023-07-07T07:41:36ZengFaculty of MedicineJKKI (Jurnal Kedokteran dan Kesehatan Indonesia)2085-41452527-29502020-08-0115716410.20885/JKKI.Vol11.Iss2.art810034Assessments of quality of life in burn patients after hospital treatment in JemberAgnellia Maulidya Utami0Ulfa Elfiah1Desie Dwi Wisudanti2Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Jember, JemberDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Jember, JemberDepartement of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Jember, JemberBackground: Burn injuries can contribute to physical and psychological problems affecting quality of life (QoL). The QoL is a parameter to assess medical results after treatment. In Indonesia, studies concerning burn patients’ QoL after treatment are still limited. Objective: This study aims to observe correlations between 8 dimensions of QoL after treatment and histories of burn severity, numbers of surgical procedures, and lengths of hospital stay Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted in December 2018. Subject criteria of this study were patients who have experienced burn injuries for the last 2 years and have been treated at dr. Soebandi Hospital Jember. Then all the patients were discharged from the hospital by following medical advice in recovered conditions. They were asked to complete SF-36 questionnaires that consist of 8 dimensions of QoL. Every dimension was correlated with histories of burn severity, numbers of surgical procedure, and lengths of hospital stay. Next, the obtained data were analysed by Pearson and Spearman. Results: 13 subjects or patients were analysed. Most of them (38.5%) were adults in a range of 41 – 50 years old and were male (69.2%). A bivariate analysis found a significant negative correlation between burn severity and QoL in physical functions, bodily pains, and mental health dimensions (p=0.030, p=0.012, p=0.044). A significant negative correlation was also reported between numbers of surgical procedures and QoL in physical role dimensions (p=0.047). Lengths of hospital stay had a significant negative correlation with physical functions and physical role dimensions (p=0.044, p=0.031). Conclusion: This study revealed significant correlations between burn severity, numbers of surgical procedures, length of hospital stay and the various dimensions of QoL. This study also provided data of QoL, so in the future burn centres can identify dimensions of QoL after burn injuries and can improve their burn management and patient care to improve their QoL.https://journal.uii.ac.id/JKKI/article/view/12059lengths of hospital staynumbers of surgical proceduresburn severityqolsf-36
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lengths of hospital stay
numbers of surgical procedures
burn severity
qol
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title Assessments of quality of life in burn patients after hospital treatment in Jember
title_full Assessments of quality of life in burn patients after hospital treatment in Jember
title_fullStr Assessments of quality of life in burn patients after hospital treatment in Jember
title_full_unstemmed Assessments of quality of life in burn patients after hospital treatment in Jember
title_short Assessments of quality of life in burn patients after hospital treatment in Jember
title_sort assessments of quality of life in burn patients after hospital treatment in jember
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numbers of surgical procedures
burn severity
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