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. 2019 Jan;8(1):25-32.
doi: 10.29252/wjps.8.1.25..

The Effect of Self-Care Compact Disk-Based Instruction Program on Physical Performance and Quality of Life of Patients with Burn At-Dismissal

Leila Mamashli  1 , Fatemeh Mohaddes Ardebili  2 , Mehri Bozorgnejad  2 , Tahereh Najafi Ghezeljeh  3 , Farzad Manafi  4
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The Effect of Self-Care Compact Disk-Based Instruction Program on Physical Performance and Quality of Life of Patients with Burn At-Dismissal

Leila Mamashli et al. World J Plast Surg. 2019 Jan.

Abstract

Background: Burn injuries still negatively influence the various aspects of life like physical performance and quality of life. This study was conducted to investigate at-dismissal self-care compact disk-based instruction program on the physical performance life quality of the patients with burns.

Methods: One-hundred burn patients in Shahid Motahhari Burn Center, Tehran, Iran were randomly assigned to two equal groups of intervention (n=50) and control (n=50). The latter received only routine dismissal self-care program and the former an instruction compact disc plus the routine self-care program at dismissal. The demographic information and burn patients' quality of life questionnaires were completed before and at months three and six after the intervention self-report program.

Results: The physical performance of the intervention and control groups before intervention was 1.61±0.71 and 1.45±0.47, respectively (p=0.41). The physical performance of the intervention group was higher than the control group at three and six months after the intervention (p<0.001).

Conclusion: At-dismissal self-care compact disk-based instruction program can increase physical performance and quality of life in patients with burns. Therefore, the burn patients can be instructed based on self-care compact disk-based instruction program as an easy, available and less-costly method to take part in more satisfied treatment.

Keywords: Burn; Iran; Physical performance; Quality of life; Self-care.

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Comparison of the trend of changes in mean physical activity score before, three, and month after intervention
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