Mental health and itch in burns patients: Potential associations
dc.contributor.author | McGarry, Sarah | |
dc.contributor.author | Burrows, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ashoorian, T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Pallathil, T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ong, K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Edgar, D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Wood, F. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-12-13T09:16:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-12-13T09:16:02Z | |
dc.date.created | 2018-12-12T02:46:59Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.citation | 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. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/73269 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.burns.2016.01.010 | |
dc.description.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. | |
dc.publisher | Pergamon Press | |
dc.title | Mental health and itch in burns patients: Potential associations | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.volume | 42 | |
dcterms.source.number | 4 | |
dcterms.source.startPage | 763 | |
dcterms.source.endPage | 768 | |
dcterms.source.issn | 0305-4179 | |
dcterms.source.title | Burns | |
curtin.department | School of Occ Therapy, Social Work and Speech Path | |
curtin.accessStatus | Fulltext not available |
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