Education Program for Burn Patients

Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial on Telephone Follow-up in Rehabilitation of Burn Patients: Impact on Health Status

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01379495

Enrollment

Registered

2011-06-23

Start date

2010-07-31

Completion date

2013-05-31

Last updated

2014-05-23

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Conditions

Burns

Keywords

burns, rehabilitation

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of an educative program including telephone follow-up for burn patients regarding the impact of this intervention on the health status and return to work at six months after hospital discharge.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALeducational program+telephone follow up

burns victims will participate in an educative program including telephone follow-up during six months after hospital discharge

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE (Caregiver)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 80 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* adult burned patients (18 years or older), male and female * patients burned for the first time who needed hospitalization at the Burns Unit * in cognitive conditions to participate (being able to tell one's address, day of the week and age or birth date) * in physical conditions to accomplish self-care.

Exclusion criteria

* participants burned due to suicide or with previous psychiatric diagnoses or cognitive and psychological difficulties that do not allow them to answer the instrument questions and take care of themselves.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
change from baseline in perceived health status at six months	six months	The questionnaire Burns Specific Health Scale- Revised developed by Blalock; Bunker; De Vellis (1994), adapted by Ferreira et al. (2008) to Brasilian people, will be used to collect the data at six months between groups.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
comparison the return to work of burn victims between groups	baseline and six months	To compare the return to work of burns victims in intervention group with the return to work of burns victims in control group at six months after hospital discharge, proportions will be calculated (returned to work: yes/no)

Countries

Brazil

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026