@article{ref1,
title="Effect of multimedia self-care education on quality of life in burn patients",
journal="World journal of plastic surgery",
year="2017",
author="Mohaddes Ardebili, Fatemeh and Najafi Ghezeljeh, Tahereh and Bozorgnejad, Mehri and Zarei, Mohammadreza and Ghorbani, Hooman and Manafi, Farzad",
volume="6",
number="3",
pages="292-297",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Burn injuries can have adverse effects on quality of life of patients and can disturb their physiological, psychological, social and spiritual well-being. This study aimed to investigate the effect of multimedia self-care program on quality of life in burn patients. <br><br>METHODS: This Randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted from November 2015 to December 2016. The samples were hospitalized burn patients with 10% to 45% of 1st, 2nd and 3rd degree burns of total body surface area (TBSA). The patients were randomly allocated into experimental (n=50) and control (n=50) groups. Both groups received the routine in-person self-care trainings of the hospital and then the experimental group received self-care compact disks. The quality of life questionnaire in both groups were completed before intervention and after 3-months and statistically analyzed. <br><br>RESULTS: Accordingly, the changes in quality of life and the dimensions between both groups after 3 month of intervention were significant. The changes in quality of life in experiment group was significantly greater than control group for physical, psychological and social variables. <br><br>CONCLUSION: According to the findings, using multimedia self-care programs can improve burn patient's quality of life, so it is recommended for nurses and hospital staffs of burn injury wards to use multimedia self-care programs as a complementary therapy measure.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2228-7914",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}