TY - JOUR
T1 - The 2000 clinical research award
T2 - Describing and predicting distress and satisfaction with life for burn survivors
AU - Patterson, D. R.
AU - Ptacek, J. T.
AU - Cromes, F.
AU - Fauerbach, J. A.
AU - Engrav, L.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - We investigated ratings of emotional distress and satisfaction with life at discharge from the hospital and at a 6-month follow-up in a multisite sample of 295 adults hospitalized for the care of a major burn injury. Several psychosocial variables (history of alcohol abuse, marital status, and previous mental health) and some medical variables (days of intensive care, pulmonary complications, and hand burns) accounted for significant variance in the prediction of outcomes. Brief Symptom Inventory (distress) scores were higher and Satisfaction With Life Scale scores were significantly lower than those of a normative population at both measurement points. The results show the utility of biosocial models in which psychological and physical variables interact to influence adjustment and quality of life.
AB - We investigated ratings of emotional distress and satisfaction with life at discharge from the hospital and at a 6-month follow-up in a multisite sample of 295 adults hospitalized for the care of a major burn injury. Several psychosocial variables (history of alcohol abuse, marital status, and previous mental health) and some medical variables (days of intensive care, pulmonary complications, and hand burns) accounted for significant variance in the prediction of outcomes. Brief Symptom Inventory (distress) scores were higher and Satisfaction With Life Scale scores were significantly lower than those of a normative population at both measurement points. The results show the utility of biosocial models in which psychological and physical variables interact to influence adjustment and quality of life.
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U2 - 10.1097/00004630-200021060-00004
DO - 10.1097/00004630-200021060-00004
M3 - Article
C2 - 11194801
AN - SCOPUS:0034517623
SN - 0273-8481
VL - 21
SP - 490
EP - 498
JO - Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation
JF - Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation
IS - 6
ER -