TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - The impact of facial burns on short- and long-term quality of life and psychological distress-a prospective matched cohort study
JO  - Journal of clinical medicine
A1  - Palackic, Alen
A1  - Franco-Mesa, Camila
A1  - Beck, Inessa
A1  - Nolte, Steffen
A1  - Tapking, Christian
A1  - Panayi, Adriana C.
A1  - Stolle, Annette
A1  - Haug, Valentin
A1  - Hirche, Christoph
A1  - Kneser, Ulrich
A1  - Hundeshagen, Gabriel
SP  - e5057
EP  - e5057
VL  - 12
IS  - 15
N2  - Burn injuries are a major healthcare challenge worldwide, with up to 50% of all minor burns located on the head and neck. With this study, we sought to describe the effect of facial burns (FB) on health-related quality of life through a prospective and matched cohort study design. Patients completed the 36 Item Short Form (SF-36) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). <br><br>RESULTS were analyzed based on the distribution of datasets. In total, 55 patients with FB and 55 age-and sex-matched candidates were recruited. The most common mechanism of thermal injury was burns from flames. The FB group scored lower in physical and psychological dimensions than the control group, both acutely and one year after injury. An analysis of each domain showed that subjects in the FB group trended toward improvements in their score after one-year post-burn in physical functioning (acute: 71.0 ± 29.2; one-year: 83.7 ± 23.9; p = 0.02) and bodily pain (acute: 58.5 ± 30.3; one-year: 77.9 ± 30.5; p = 0.01) domains. Additionally, the FB group had significanlyt higher scores for anxiety (FB: 4.8 ± 3.2; control: 2.5 ± 2.8; p = <0.002) and depression (FB: 3.9 ± 3.5; control: 2.1 ± 2.7; p = 0.01) compared to the control. In conclusion, facial burns are associated with physical and psychosocial deficits, as well as elevated levels of psychological distress.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2077-0383
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12155057
ID  - ref1
ER  -