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Article

The Relationship between Health-Related Quality of Life, Subjective Scar Estimation, and Activity Performance in Adult Burn Patients 6 and 12 Months after Injury

by
Sara Enblom
1,*,
Elin Sundin
1,
Gerd Edvinsson Guné
1,
Nona Aspling
1 and
Fredrik Huss
1,2
1
Burn Center, Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Uppsala University Hospital, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
2
Department of Surgical Sciences, Plastic Surgery, Uppsala University, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Eur. Burn J. 2022, 3(4), 486-492; https://doi.org/10.3390/ebj3040042
Submission received: 11 August 2022 / Revised: 28 September 2022 / Accepted: 30 September 2022 / Published: 5 October 2022
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Abstract

A burn injury affects a person’s health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in different ways and might influence their daily life for months and years afterward. The aim of this study was to examine how activity performance and subjective scar estimation relate to self-rated health and whether this changes in the first year post-burn. Fifty consecutive patients who were scheduled for follow-up at the Burn Center’s outpatient clinic in Uppsala were included. Assessments of HRQoL (EQ-5D), activity performance (DASH), and subjective scar evaluation (POSAS) were conducted at 6 and 12 months post-burn. The results show a statistically significant correlation between self-rated HRQoL and activity performance (p = 0.001) and between self-rated HRQoL and subjective scar estimation (p = 0.000) at 6 but not at 12 months post-burn. A possible explanation of the lack of correlation at one year post-burn might be the patient´s expectations of his or her recovery. In future research, it would be interesting to investigate the long-term correlations between quality of life and activity performance.
Keywords: burn injury; occupational therapy; activity performance; health-related quality of life; scar evaluation burn injury; occupational therapy; activity performance; health-related quality of life; scar evaluation

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Enblom, S.; Sundin, E.; Guné, G.E.; Aspling, N.; Huss, F. The Relationship between Health-Related Quality of Life, Subjective Scar Estimation, and Activity Performance in Adult Burn Patients 6 and 12 Months after Injury. Eur. Burn J. 2022, 3, 486-492. https://doi.org/10.3390/ebj3040042

AMA Style

Enblom S, Sundin E, Guné GE, Aspling N, Huss F. The Relationship between Health-Related Quality of Life, Subjective Scar Estimation, and Activity Performance in Adult Burn Patients 6 and 12 Months after Injury. European Burn Journal. 2022; 3(4):486-492. https://doi.org/10.3390/ebj3040042

Chicago/Turabian Style

Enblom, Sara, Elin Sundin, Gerd Edvinsson Guné, Nona Aspling, and Fredrik Huss. 2022. "The Relationship between Health-Related Quality of Life, Subjective Scar Estimation, and Activity Performance in Adult Burn Patients 6 and 12 Months after Injury" European Burn Journal 3, no. 4: 486-492. https://doi.org/10.3390/ebj3040042

APA Style

Enblom, S., Sundin, E., Guné, G. E., Aspling, N., & Huss, F. (2022). The Relationship between Health-Related Quality of Life, Subjective Scar Estimation, and Activity Performance in Adult Burn Patients 6 and 12 Months after Injury. European Burn Journal, 3(4), 486-492. https://doi.org/10.3390/ebj3040042

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