Burn Publications

Study reviewed the literature on the use of digital interventions for social participation in adults with long-term physical conditions. MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL and PsycINFO databases were searched for studies that adopted digital technology interventions to improve social participation in adults with long-term physical conditions. Data on study methodology, participant and ...

Study examined the validity and reliability of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)-29 scores among burn survivors. The PROMIS-29 scores of physical function, anxiety, depression, fatigue, sleep disturbance, ability to participate in social roles, and pain interference were evaluated for validity and reliability in adult burn survivors. Unidimensionality, floor ...

Article describes a study underway that uses digital phenotyping to characterize burn survivors’ psychosocial recovery. Digital phenotyping refers to the process of quantifying individual behavior using data generated through human interaction with electronic devices, in particular smartphones. This data can be both: (1) active, wherein the individual is required to ...

Study summarized successful use of trajectory curves to inform the development and eventual clinical implementation of Life Impact Burn Recovery Evaluation (LIBRE) Profile trajectory curves for specific domains that focus on social re-integration. Trajectory curves are valuable tools to benchmark patient health status and predict future outcomes. A scoping review ...

Study explored whether racial and ethnic minority status is related to satisfaction with appearance and social community integration. Participants included 1,318 burn survivors from the Burn Model System National Database who completed measures of satisfaction with appearance and social community integration at baseline, 6-, 12-, and 24-months after burn injury. ...

Study investigated the relationship between burn survivor finances (i.e., personal income, health insurance payer) and health-related quality of life (HRQL). Burn survivors with complete data for preinjury personal income and payer status were extracted from the longitudinal Burn Model System (BMS) National Database. HRQL outcomes were measured with the Veterans ...

Article introduces a special journal issue that presents research at the intersection of disability and substance use disorders (SUD). Integrative and holistic SUD prevention and treatment efforts, including pain management, are essential to address the complex needs of people with both disability and SUD. Eleven articles include themes examining the ...

Study examined the relationship between body mass index (BMI) at discharge and self-reported physical function (PF) and caregiver proxy-reported PF during recovery of burned children. PF outcome measures were self-reported mobility, proxy-reported mobility, and upper extremity PF evaluated using Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) measures at 6, 12, and ...

Study explored how reconstructive surgery, socio-demographics, and burn severity impacts health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after burn injury and identified patient and injury characteristics associated with the likelihood of undergoing reconstructive surgery within 24-months of burn injury. Patient and PROMIS-29 Profile v2.0 (HRQoL) data were extracted from the Burn Model ...

Study developed an admission scoring system that assesses the risk of development of depression or posttraumatic stress (DPTS)symptoms in the burn population. This study is a retrospective review of the prospectively collected Burn Model System National Database that included 486 adult burn survivors enrolled from 2014 to 2018. The primary ...

Study identified the published literature that focuses on the impact of burn injuries on physical, psychological, or social functioning, and summarized the characteristics of the studies and their outcomes. The authors included literature published after 1980, focusing on burn outcomes in children aged 5 to 18 years. Each eligible study ...

Study developed item pools that will be used to create a computerized adaptive test (CAT) assessing post-burn recovery in school-aged children. Item pool development was guided by the previously developed School-Aged Life Impact Burn Recovery Evaluation (SA-LIBRE5-12) Conceptual Framework. The item pool development process involved a systematic literature review, extraction ...

Article presents a conceptual argument for why relevance matters, proposes a working definition, and suggests strategies for operationalizing the construct in the context of clinical rehabilitation research. The authors place special emphasis on the importance of promoting relevance to patients, caregivers, and clinicians and provide preliminary frameworks and innovative study ...

Study used both classical and modern psychometric methods to evaluate psychometric properties of the Burn Specific Health Scale-Brief (BSHS-B), a commonly used burn-specific health outcome measure that includes 40 items across nine subscales. A total of 653 adults with burn injury completed the BSHS-B. Dimensionality, local dependence, item fit, and ...

Study assessed whether the Burn Model System (BMS) National Database, one of the largest prospective, longitudinal, multi-center research repositories collecting patient-reported outcomes after burn injury, is representative of the population that is eligible to participate. Eligibility for the database is based on burn size and receipt of autografting surgery. Data ...

Study examined the physical and mental health, satisfaction with life, and community integration of burn survivors up to 20 years after injury. Data were obtained from the Burn Model System National Longitudinal Database (1993-2020). Patient-reported outcome measures were collected at discharge (preinjury status recall) and 5 years, 10 years, 15 ...

Study assessed the association between head and neck (H&N) burn status and long-term outcomes for life satisfaction, body image satisfaction, community integration, and health-related quality of life among adolescent burn survivors. Data collected from the Burn Model System National Database (2006-2015) for 392 burn survivors between 14 and 17.9 years ...

Study described pain intensity and interference at baseline and 1 year post injury in burn, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and spinal cord injury (SCI) survivors compared to each other and with the general population (GP). It also evaluated the feasibility and utility of custom Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System ...

Study examined the rate of readmission from inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) to acute care hospitals (ACHs) during the first 30 days of rehabilitation stay, the variation in 30-day readmission rate across IRFs, and the extent that patient and facility characteristics contribute to this variation. Adult IRF discharges from 944 IRFs ...