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  • Title: Using the Burn Specific Health Scale-brief as a measure of quality of life after a burn-what score should clinicians expect?
    Author: Kvannli L, Finlay V, Edgar DW, Wu A, Wood FM.
    Journal: Burns; 2011 Feb; 37(1):54-60. PubMed ID: 21050667.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: How do clinicians determine the acceptable level of recovery of quality of life (QoL) after a burn? Many use the Burn Specific Health Scale (BSHS). The aim of this study was to examine normative values of the BSHS-Brief (BSHS-B) questionnaire in the general population. METHODS: Two random samples of the non-burned public were taken. Each individual completed either the physical or the generic questions adapted from the BSHS-B questionnaire. RESULTS: Of the 124 subjects who completed the physical questions, > 73% rated themselves 36/36. Group mean (SD) = 34.8 (2.9), median (IQR) = 36 (35-36), range 16-36. Advancing age was associated with reduced physical capability (p = 0.016). In contrast, 7.6% of the 105 subjects who answered the generic questions recorded a full score (84/84). Group mean (SD) = 71.3 (13.8), median (IQR) = 76 (66-80), range 10-84. CONCLUSION: The study showed the non-burned population do not respond with full scores to all questions in the BSHS-B. The result was more notable in the non-physical questions related to the psychological and environmental factors. The data presented prompts clinicians to collect and define acceptable recovery of quality of life after a burn as measured by the BSHS-B for their local burn population.
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