1Final Year Postgraduate Trainee, Master in Hospital Administration Program, Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka
2Assistant Professor, Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka
3Assistant Professor, School of Management, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka
4Senior Consultant CH-MoHFW, Government of India
5Quality officer, Fortis Hospitals, Mumbai
6BDS, MPH, Epidemiologist
To assess the quality of life of major burn patients in a tertiary care teaching hospital. Materials and
A prospective approach was taken to identify patients who visited the department of plastic surgery for follow up from October 2017 to March 2018 after obtaining institutional ethical clearance. Details regarding social demographics, nature of the injury and the cause of injury were recorded in addition to administration of the questionnaire WHOQOL-BREF to assess the quality of life. Quality of life has four domains for assessment of physical, psychological, social and environmental aspects of burn survivors.
A total of 100 patients with burn injuries were identified (63 males, 37 females; mean age = 35.14 years). Nature of injury and cause of injury has no statistical significance over the quality of life. Quality of life was neither poor nor good among majority of 2nd-degree burn patients.
Burns, quality of life, second degree burn
