BACKGROUND: Following a severe burn injury, individuals embark on a lifelong process of managing and integrating the physical, psychological, and social consequences, including functional limitations, fatigue, altered body image, and psychological trauma. To aid in this process, healthcare professionals …

Book review of: R. Jisung Park (2024). Slow Burn. The Hidden Costs of a Warming World, Princeton University Press, 336 pp.

Pain following burn injuries can be severe and may persist after hospital discharge. The experience of pain is influenced by multiple biological and psychosocial factors. Post-discharge pain may be related to pain experienced during hospitalization as well as anxiety associated with these pain experiences. …

BACKGROUND: Prevention programs can encourage parents to take safety measures to prevent burn injury in children under 5 years of age. The PRECEDE-PROCEED model of Green and Kreuter is a frequently used tool for stepwise development of effective prevention programs. In a previous study the first 2 phases …

The Quality Cost Indicator (QCI) model supports value-based health care at the institutional level, by calculating disease-specific health outcomes per unit cost over time. The aim of this study was to adapt the QCI model for specialized burn care (the BC-QCI model) and explore its utilization using …

OBJECTIVES: Amplitude-mode (A-mode) ultrasonography is a promising technique to monitor loss and recovery of skeletal muscle in patients with burns. However, its clinimetric properties are unknown. Therefore, we determined its feasibility, interrater, and intrarater reliability, and clinical utility. …

Pain following burn injuries can be severe and may persist after hospital discharge. The experience of pain is influenced by multiple biological and psychosocial factors. Post-discharge pain may be related to pain experienced during hospitalization as well as anxiety associated with these pain experiences. …

De zorgsector staat onder grote druk door toenemende zorgvraag, vergrijzing, personeelstekorten en repetitieve taken. Dit leidt tot hoge werkdruk bij verpleegkundigen, met risico op burn-out, verminderde patiëntenparticipatie en lagere zorgkwaliteit. Zonder structurele maatregelen zal de druk verder …

OBJECTIVE: Perceived fatigue significantly impacts quality of life after burns, yet how often it occurs is unknown. Therefor this study assessed the prevalence of perceived fatigue of burn survivors. METHODS: In February 2023, a systematic literature search was performed in CINAHL, Embase, PsycInfo, …

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