Quality of Life in Major Burn Patients in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in South India Tiwari Priya1, Kamath Rajesh2,*, D'Souza Brayal2, Kamath Sagarika3, Pati Ashalata4, Bhagat Priyanka5, Haripriya D. Keerthi6 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 *Corresponding author: Dr. Rajesh Kamath, Assistant Professor, Room no.12, Second Floor, Old Tapmi building, Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka-576014, E mail: Rajeshkamath82@gmail.com, Mobile: (+91)7760218342
Online published on 7 May, 2019. Abstract Aim To assess the quality of life of major burn patients in a tertiary care teaching hospital. Materials and Method 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. Results 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. Top Keywords Burns, quality of life, second degree burn. Top |