PSYCHOSOCIAL PROBLEMS OF CLIENTS SUFFERING FROM BURN DEFORMITIES

Abstract

Background : One of the harmful and distressful events which may happen throughout everybody's life is burn. Most often the problems and complication of burn has ever- lasting effects. Burn deformities can lead to progressive isolation of victim and psychosocial problems. Objective : To determine psychosocial problems of client suffering from burn's defect and it's relation to demographic data. Design : This was a field study. Psychosocial problems were determined through questionnaire, then the intensity of problems were determined and the relation between problem and demographic data were measured. Samples : 60 subject over 18 years were randomly selected from burn's clinics. Results : Subject experienced psychosocial problems to various extent and intensity. There was a significant relation between psychosocial problems and the level of education and economic status (p<0.05). There also was a significant relation between psychosocial problems and client's economic status. Conclusion : All responsible people or organization should provide proper education for people in order to prevent burn and accidents.

Keywords

• burn
• deformity
• psycholosocial problems.