TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Effect of multimedia self-care education on quality of life in burn patients
JO  - World journal of plastic surgery
A1  - Mohaddes Ardebili, Fatemeh
A1  - Najafi Ghezeljeh, Tahereh
A1  - Bozorgnejad, Mehri
A1  - Zarei, Mohammadreza
A1  - Ghorbani, Hooman
A1  - Manafi, Farzad
SP  - 292
EP  - 297
VL  - 6
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2228-7914
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -