Prevalence and Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress Symptomatology Among Burn Survivors

Health-related quality of life (EQ-5D) early after injury predicts long-term pain after burn

“…Severe acute burn pain also seems to have an impact on the development of psychological problems such as post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD) [13] and the high comorbidity between pain and depression in different populations is well documented [14]. Both of these conditions, which are relatively prevalent among burn patients [15][16][17][18], reciprocally seem to influence the development or perception of pain [19,20].…”

The Fenix II study: A longitudinal study of psychopathology among burn patients

“…This includes people in danger of social exclusion and already suffering serious mental health problems and illegal drug use. In both cases these groups made up almost one third of the sample, well above rates registered in other burn samples [55,12]. In these cases, the characteristics of the accident that caused the burn may be related to high risk activities such as copper theft from street lights or the drowsiness caused by the consumption of benzodiazepines.…”

“…However, personal and subjective variables such as age, female gender, life threat perception during the burn-shock period, and lower levels of perceived social support, also appear to affect the course of psychological adjustment after a burn injury [6,12,[18][19][20]. Indeed, according to some authors, subjective and personal variables may have a more pronounced impact on distress than the clinical characteristics of the burn injury [13,21].…”

“…In this regard, epidemiological studies on the progression of PTSD symptoms within burned patients have mainly been conducted in the U.S. and Nordic European countries where treatment is highly developed. However, there have been some studies coming from Mediterranean [13] and some emergent countries [14,15]; showing similar PTSD figures [12]. No major epidemiological differences should be expected from similarly developed areas, as the factors related to the incidence of PTSD are associated with the development of medical treatment at the time of the study, the type of population and the methodology with which the study was carried.…”

“…Regarding its epidemiology, prevalence rates of PTSD in burn patients range from 3% to 45% [12]. In this regard, epidemiological studies on the progression of PTSD symptoms within burned patients have mainly been conducted in the U.S. and Nordic European countries where treatment is highly developed.…”