The purpose of this study was to perform a systematic review of the existing literature on the
incidence of hypertrophic scarring and the psychosocial impact of burn scars. In a …

Burn Rehabilitation: State of the Science : American Journal of Physical Medicine &
Rehabilitation Burn Rehabilitation: State of the Science : American Journal of Physical …

Proper use of exploratory factor analysis (EFA) requires the researcher to make a series of
careful decisions. Despite attempts by Floyd and Widaman (1995), Fabrigar, Wegener …

Introduction Psychosocial and rehabilitation interventions are increasingly used to attenuate
disability and improve health-related quality of life (HRQL) in chronic diseases, but are …

OBJECTIVE: Little is known about the course of body image dissatisfaction following
disfiguring injury or illness. The objective of this study was to test a proposed framework for …

Objective The impact of body image dissatisfaction on quality of life after severe burn injury
was investigated after controlling for other determinants of outcome (ie, injury, distress, and …

Body image dissatisfaction and its relationship to psychosocial function were investigated in
127 women with scleroderma. Results indicated elevated body image dissatisfaction, with …

Objective: To track the prevalence and stability of clinically significant psychological distress
and to identify potentially modifiable inhospital symptoms predictive of long-term distress …

Background Persons with severe burns often develop long-term psychosocial difficulties
such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. Significant appearance …

In this study, 361 adult burn survivors completed the Perceived Stigmatization Questionnaire
(PSQ), the Social Comfort Questionnaire (SCQ), and other measures. Both the PSQ and …