To obtain a comprehensive overview of long-term (*5 years after burn injury) consequences after burn injuries, both in all patients admitted to burn centre admissions and in a subgroup of patients who suffered from more extensive burns.
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Brief title
Condition
- Injuries NEC
- Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders NEC
Synonym
Research involving
Sponsors and support
Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
To assess long-term generic health-related quality of life of burn survivors.
Secondary outcome
- To assess long-term burn specific health-related quality of life of burn
survivors.
- To assess long-term functions, activities and participation of burn survivors.
- To determine predictors of long-term generic health-related quality of life .
- To analyse recovery patterns of burn patients of a former cohort study in the
Rotterdam burn centre in August 2011-July 2012.
Background summary
Burden of disease calculations are an important resource in public health. The
burden of disease aggregates all health consequences of a disease in one metric
and is increasingly used for priority setting in health care, surveillance and
interventions. For the calculation of the burden of disease, information on
long-term consequences of the specific disease is needed. Currently, little is
known about the long-term consequences and secondary conditions after burns.
Therefore, calculation of the burden of burns is challenging.
Study objective
To obtain a comprehensive overview of long-term (*5 years after burn injury)
consequences after burn injuries, both in all patients admitted to burn centre
admissions and in a subgroup of patients who suffered from more extensive
burns.
Study design
A multicentre cross-sectional study.
Study burden and risks
A short survey (10 minutes in total) will be administered via a postal survey
or during a telephone interview. Furthermore, people without extensive burns
will complete three additional questionnaires (25 * 35 minutes) which will be
send either by email or by post.
People with extensive burns will be invited for an outpatient visit after
completing the short survey. This outpatient visit is an extra visit especially
for study purposes. During the outpatient visit, patients will fill in the
three above mentioned questionnaires. Besides, muscular strength, body
composition and aerobic capacity will be measured and two additional
questionnaires (7 * 8 minutes) will be completed. In case patients who suffered
from extensive burns are willing to participate but are unable to travel,
members of the research team will visit patients at their home.
The main disadvantage for the patient is the investment of time. The inclusion
of the paediatric population is needed as burns have very specific,
multidimensional consequences and children*s physiological and psychological
response differs from adults*. The group benefit is mainly the further
improvement of tailoring aftercare of specialized burn centres to the
individual patient.
Maasstagweg 21
Rotterdam 3079 DZ
NL
Maasstagweg 21
Rotterdam 3079 DZ
NL
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Age
Inclusion criteria
- Patients of all ages with a hospital stay of *1 night or with surgical treatment for their burns in the period August 2011 * July 2012
- Informed consent
For the extended cohort on severe burns:
- Patients (*10 - *50 years old) with major burns (over 20% TBSA)
- Patients (<10 and >50 years old) with major burns (over 10% TBSA)
- Patients with TBSA third degree > 5%
Exclusion criteria
Insufficient knowledge of the Dutch language
Deceased
Design
Recruitment
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In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| CCMO | NL59981.101.16 |
| OMON | NL-OMON25544 |