Burn pain and patients’ responses

Predictors of moderate to severe fatigue 12 months following admission to hospital for burn: Results from the Burns Registry of Australia and New Zealand (BRANZ) Long Term Outcomes project

“…Holavanahalli et al, in their study of 98 adult patients who had experienced a burn of 30% TBSA or greater, reported that 59% had experienced fatigue since the burn and 54% continued to experience fatigue at the point of follow-up, a mean of 17 years after burn injury [7]. Esfahlan et al [8], found that the 66% of 100 hospitalised burns patients in Iran reported fatigue, although the timing of capturing this information was unclear and the method for capturing data about fatigue was not specified. Helm et al, in their secondary report of a 3-year outcome study from a single burn centre in the US, described fatigue as an "almost universal complaint" and a major barrier to return to activities and work [9].…”

Review of Burn Research for the Year 2010

“…Those patients with significant background pain also had increased anxiety, fatigue, anorexia, and fears of deformity. 54 A study of the patients' experience of pain after a burn injury found four themes for pain: 1) pain at the scene; 2) allowing oneself to feel pain on arrival at the hospital; 3) pain in the burn unit; and 4) fragile body surface areas when coming home. The study also identified four themes for coping: 1) pragmatic coping at the scene; 2) allowing someone to care for you at the hospital; 3) carry the pain in the burn unit; and 4) the trauma of coming home.…”

Association Between Behavioral Responses and Burn Pain Intensity

“…We have discussed the psycho-affective responses of burn patients, in our previous work (16). Besides, other factors such as sex, age, ethnicity, religion, and culture should be considered in designing better reliable tools for the assessment of severity of burn pain.…”