Hand burns. Calcification and ossification of muscles associated with burns, hand
Conditions
Interventions
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Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: hand burns Deep burns Age over 18 years No history of mental illness Interested to participate in the study Being literate
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Serious damage to the muscles of the upper limbs, tendons, skeletons and nerves Patients with severe heart disease who were unconscious before the burn Patients with heart, lung, and brain diseases Unwillingness to participate in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The quality of life in patients with hand burn. Timepoint: At the time of admission, recovery and post discharge from the hospital. Method of measurement: Quality of life questionnaire for burn patients: This questionnaire includes 40 questions in the areas of skin sensitivity to heat, body image, hand function, how to care for burned areas, job-communication, ability to perform simple activities, sexual function and emotional dimension and It has a 5-point Likert scale (severe, high, medium, low and not at all) that scaled from one to five and each question has the minimum score of 1 and the maximum of 5 . Out of 40 questionnaire questions, 18 questions are related to the physical dimension of quality of life, 11 questions are related to the psychological dimension of quality of life and 11 questions are related to the social dimension of quality of life. The quality of life is assessed for each dimension separately and also in all dimensions. The quality of life is based on the scores' average, the higher the mean, the better the quality of life and the lower mean represents lower quality of life.;Activities of Daily Living. Timepoint: At the time of admission; recovery: the first four weeks (once a week); post discharge from the hospital: six months post discharge (once a month). Method of measurement: The Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale (IADL). | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Iran University of Medical Sciences