Education Program for Burn Patients

University of Sao Paulo

Status: Completed

Conditions: Burns

Treatments: Behavioral: educational program+telephone follow up

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01379495

uspqueimados2011

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of an educative program including telephone follow-up for burn patients regarding the impact of this intervention on the health status and return to work at six months after hospital discharge.

Enrollment: 83 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• adult burned patients (18 years or older), male and female
• patients burned for the first time who needed hospitalization at the Burns Unit
• in cognitive conditions to participate (being able to tell one's address, day of the week and age or birth date)
• in physical conditions to accomplish self-care.

Exclusion criteria

• participants burned due to suicide or with previous psychiatric diagnoses or cognitive and psychological difficulties that do not allow them to answer the instrument questions and take care of themselves.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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83 participants in 2 patient groups

Usual Care

No Intervention group

Description:

Burns victims will receive information according to the service routine

educational program+telephone follow up

Experimental group

Description:

Burns victims will participate in an educative program including telephone follow-up during six months after hospital discharge

Treatment:

Behavioral: educational program+telephone follow up