Long Term Follow-Up of Burn Injuries

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Burn

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other U.S. Federal agency; NIH

Identifiers

NCT00285636

95-0217-C

97-4938-C08

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to investigate the psychological effects of burn injuries as experienced by patients.

Full description

We are interested in determining how people adjust to burn injuries as a way of facilitating optimal recovery. This is done by conducting several questionnaires at the time of the discharge in the hospital, and later follow up with the patients up to two years.

Enrollment: 1,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients with more than a 30% total surface area burn
• English speaking

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with less than a 30% total surface area burn
• Non English speaking