@article{ref1,
title="A scoping review of burn rehabilitation publications incorporating functional outcomes",
journal="Burns: journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries",
year="2019",
author="Gerber, Lynn H. and Bush, Haley and Holavanahalli, Radha and Esselman, Peter and Schneider, Jeffrey and Heinemann, Allen and Garfinkel, Steven and Cai, Cindy",
volume="45",
number="5",
pages="1005-1013",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The objective for this manuscript is two-fold: determine the scope of clinical rehabilitation research involving burn-injured persons and assess whether research outcomes include function, return to needed, and desirable routines. Has this research addressed rehabilitation needs of the burn injured? METHODS: We performed a scoping review of literature (1990-2016) using the method of Arksey and O'Malley. Search terms included &quot;rehabilitation&quot;, &quot;function&quot;, &quot;burn injury&quot; and &quot;work&quot;. Two independent reviewers identified articles that met criteria for abstract and full review. Variables of interest were counts of the number of intervention studies, studies performed in outpatient settings/inpatient settings, or both; count of the distribution of outcome measures that included impairment, function, participation, return to prior roles and percent of burns rehabilitation publications as a function of total rehabilitation articles published. <br><br>RESULTS: Sixty-four articles were selected for review and 22 employed an intervention. Nine articles were intervention trials that used functional measures. Of the 22 intervention trials 3 (14%) were performed while subjects were inpatients, 9 (41%) while they were outpatients, and 10 (45%) while they were both. There were 67 articles that met inclusion for work-related studies. Fourteen were intervention trials, 9 utilized functional outcomes and 5 used impairment outcomes exclusively. Less than 1% of clinical rehabilitation research addresses burns injury and <1% of the randomized trials in rehabilitation relates to burn injury CONCLUSIONS: There are few studies, few intervention trials and among these, very few that use function or return to community based activity as outcomes for people with burn injury.<br><br>Copyright © 2018. Published by Elsevier Ltd.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0305-4179",
doi="10.1016/j.burns.2018.09.029",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2018.09.029"
}