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KMID : 0368820110500040305
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Journal of the Korean Neuropsychiatr Association
2011 Volume.50 No. 4 p.305 ~ p.309
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Comparison of the Quality of Life in Facial Burn Patients by Anxiety Trait
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Kim Kyu-Ho
Son Bong-Ki
Kim Do-Hoon
Lee Sang-Kyu
Choi Ihn-Geun
Lee Boung-Chul
Chung Myung-Hoon
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study was designed to evaluate the quality of life in facial burn patients and its relationship to anxiety.
Methods: The study subjects consisted of 36 patients in a burn center after a burn injury. The assessment of quality of life was performed using a clinical administered SF-36 scale. All participants were instructed to complete the State and Trait Anxiety Inventory of Spielberger, the Beck Depression Inventory.
Results: There was no correlation between the trait of anxiety and the degree of the burn. The patients who had a high score in the Trait Anxiety Inventory after the burn injury showed a low quality of life at the one year follow-up. But the patients who had a low score in the Trait Anxiety Inventory showed a better quality of life than patients who had a mild burn injury.
Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that the patients who had severe facial burns with a high score in the Trait Anxiety Inventory showed the specific properties of a low quality of life. Therefore, they needed intensive care from the beginning of the burn injury. In this process, resilience plays a major role in adapting to acute stress, especially burns, and anxiety is one of the protective factors in resilience.
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KEYWORD
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State and Trait Anxiety Inventory, Burn, Resilience
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