BACKGROUND: Interactions between family members and characteristics of family life and function may affect a child's recovery from burn injury. We prospectively examined the relationship between family characteristics and physical and psychosocial recovery from burns. METHODS: The families of 399 burned children aged 5 years to 18 years admitted to one of four Shriners Hospitals for Children for management of acute burns completed the Family Environment Scale within 7 days of admission and then the American Burn Association/Shriners Hospitals for Children Burn Outcome Questionnaire (BOQ) at baseline, 3, 6, 12, 18, 24, 36, and 48 months. Generalized estimating equations with random effects for the time since burn were used to track recovery of the BOQ patient-centered domains associated with baseline family characteristics during the course of the study. RESULTS: The children had a mean age of 11 years and burn size of 32% total body surface area burned. Higher Family Environment Scale scores in cohesion, independence, organization, and active recreational orientation were associated with significantly better rates of recovery in multiple BOQ domains of health-related quality of life. Higher scores in conflict and achievement orientation predicted statistically significant impaired recovery. Higher expressiveness predicted greater difficulty with school reentry. CONCLUSION: Family characteristics affect the recovery of children after serious burns. Some of these may be amenable to focused anticipatory family interventions to help optimize outcomes. In particular, those characteristics that impair school reentry should be targeted.
BACKGROUND: Interactions between family members and characteristics of family life and function may affect a child's recovery from burn injury. We prospectively examined the relationship between family characteristics and physical and psychosocial recovery from burns. METHODS: The families of 399 burned children aged 5 years to 18 years admitted to one of four Shriners Hospitals for Children for management of acute burns completed the Family Environment Scale within 7 days of admission and then the American Burn Association/Shriners Hospitals for Children Burn Outcome Questionnaire (BOQ) at baseline, 3, 6, 12, 18, 24, 36, and 48 months. Generalized estimating equations with random effects for the time since burn were used to track recovery of the BOQ patient-centered domains associated with baseline family characteristics during the course of the study. RESULTS: The children had a mean age of 11 years and burn size of 32% total body surface area burned. Higher Family Environment Scale scores in cohesion, independence, organization, and active recreational orientation were associated with significantly better rates of recovery in multiple BOQ domains of health-related quality of life. Higher scores in conflict and achievement orientation predicted statistically significant impaired recovery. Higher expressiveness predicted greater difficulty with school reentry. CONCLUSION: Family characteristics affect the recovery of children after serious burns. Some of these may be amenable to focused anticipatory family interventions to help optimize outcomes. In particular, those characteristics that impair school reentry should be targeted.
Authors: Khushbu F Patel; Silvanys L Rodríguez-Mercedes; Gabrielle G Grant; Camerin A Rencken; Erin M Kinney; Amelia Austen; Carina Hou; Keri J S Brady; Jeffrey C Schneider; Lewis E Kazis; Colleen M Ryan Journal: J Burn Care Res Date: 2022-03-23 Impact factor: 1.819
Authors: Gabrielle G Grant; Keri J S Brady; Frederick J Stoddard; Walter J Meyer; Kathleen S Romanowski; Philip H Chang; Lynda E Painting; Laura A Fowler; Judith K Nelson; Khushbu F Patel; R Christopher Sheldrick; Alice Carter; Robert L Sheridan; Mary D Slavin; Petra Warner; Tina L Palmieri; Jeffrey C Schneider; Lewis E Kazis; Colleen M Ryan Journal: Burns Date: 2021-02-25 Impact factor: 2.744
Authors: Rebecca Q Ivers; Kate Hunter; Kathleen Clapham; Julieann Coombes; Sarah Fraser; Serigne Lo; Belinda Gabbe; Delia Hendrie; David Read; Roy Kimble; Anthony Sparnon; Kellie Stockton; Renee Simpson; Linda Quinn; Kurt Towers; Tom Potokar; Tamara Mackean; Julian Grant; Ronan A Lyons; Lindsey Jones; Sandra Eades; John Daniels; Andrew J A Holland Journal: BMJ Open Date: 2015-10-13 Impact factor: 2.692