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Volume 4 Journal of Community & Public Health Nursing Public Health Nursing 2018
September 19-20, 2018
September 19-20, 2018 Singapore
7th International Conference on
Public Health and Nursing
Ting-Yuan Shiue et al., J Comm Pub Health Nurs 2018, Volume 4
DOI: 10.4172/2471-9846-C1-002
Rehabilitation of the burn patient’s care needs and quality of life for long term follow-up research
Ting-Yuan Shiue1, Shu-Fen Lo2, Li-Jung Chang2, & Shu-Ling Liu3
1National Taiwan University, Taiwan
2Tzu Chi University, Taiwan
3Sunshine Socail Welfare Foundation, Taiwan
Patients with severe burns are often accompanied with physical, psychological, social, and occupational long-term impact
and affect their quality of life. The study aimed to investigate the burn patients’ care needs and the quality of life after one
year of the accident. 104 Taiwanese patients participated in structurally formulated questionnaires and cross-sectional study
were used. Data were collected at a burn foundation from February 1 to December 31, 2016. Descriptive statistics were used
to analyse and inferences using analysis of variance, Pearson correlation and multiple regression analyses. The research reveals
that the patients are female (56.7%), unemployed or suspended from school (75%), and lived together with family members
(79.8%). The patients’ average age was 23.6 years. 58.7% of them still had burn wounds. Overall, the average of satisfaction
degree in one’s living quality before the accident occurred was 79.90±15.53, but one year after the accident, it decreased to
56.41±18.83. Furthermore, between the "important" and "satisfaction" aspects of items in the living quality scale also showed
significant correlations. Besides, body symptoms were the main stresses of the patients. There was a moderate relationship
between the patients stress and their quality of life, r=-.56, p < .01. Consequently, the social support needs of the patients was
slightly related to the quality of life, r=.28, p < .01, but the patients especially needed “informative social support”. In order to
help patients to develop better overall health, it is advisable for professionals to early detection barriers and to provide more
rehabilitation services information.
Biography
Ting-Yuan Shiue is a Lecture and a clinical preceptor in psychiatric and mental health nursing under the Department of Nursing at Technology of Tzu Chi University,
Taiwan. Ting-Yuan is currently pursuing Doctor of Philosophy at the Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, and National Taiwan University, Taiwan. Her
research interest is public mental health. Especially is mental health care with a special emphasis on the patients and their main caregivers' well-being.