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    Mental health and itch in burns patients: Potential associations

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    Authors
    McGarry, Sarah
    Burrows, S.
    Ashoorian, T.
    Pallathil, T.
    Ong, K.
    Edgar, D.
    Wood, F.
    Date
    2016
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    McGarry, S. and Burrows, S. and Ashoorian, T. and Pallathil, T. and Ong, K. and Edgar, D. and Wood, F. 2016. Mental health and itch in burns patients: Potential associations. Burns. 42 (4): pp. 763-768.
    Source Title
    Burns
    DOI
    10.1016/j.burns.2016.01.010
    ISSN
    0305-4179
    School
    School of Occ Therapy, Social Work and Speech Path
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/73269
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    © 2016 Elsevier Ltd and ISBI. All rights reserved. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between mental health and self-reported itch in patients with burns across a 6 month time period and to test the hypothesis that poorer mental health outcomes are associated with increased severity of itch. Method A quantitative study with three time points for data collection was conducted. Participants (232) completed assessments at 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months after burn injury. The Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale (POSAS) was used to report itch and the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) provided an assessment of mental health across time. Only data from the itch and mental health subscales were used in the analysis. To analyze the data a quantile regression model was used. Results Mental health is significantly associated with itch after adjusting for variation in itch over time (p = 0.001). The regression coefficient indicates that as mental health increases by one unit, itch decreases by 0.03. Of importance, the relationship remained significant after adjusting for total burn surface area (p < 0.001). Conclusion These findings suggest there is a relationship between mental health and itch. Given the powerful impact itch can have on an individual's wellbeing health professionals can begin to further investigate itch from a bio-psychosocial perspective. Further research to investigate causal relationships between mental health and itch is important.

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