![]() At the same time, the body's own oral and nasal secretions increase the incidence of infection in facial burns, resulting in hypertrophic scars or keloids during the tissue repair process ( Kowal-Vern and Criswell, 2005). ![]() The loose subcutaneous adipose tissue and complex vascular nerves in facial areas makes it easier for body fluids to accumulate in the interstitial space. As an obvious exposed part of the body, facial burns account for more than half of all burn incidents. It is reported that the annual incidence of burns in China is ~2% ( Brewin and Homer, 2018), which occupies the second highest mortality rate among accidents. Although the government's efforts in prevention and treatment have reduced the mortality of burn, the disability rate of burn patients has not decreased. With continuous mechanization and urbanization, the incidence of burns continues to increase. ( Simons et al., 2018 Van Lieshout et al., 2018). Therefore, medical staff can improve the quality of life of patients by improving their disability acceptance level.īurns are generally caused by high-intensity currents, high temperatures, chemicals, physical rays, etc. The quality of life of facial burn scar patients will improve with the improvement of disability acceptance level. The results of Spearman correlation analysis showed that the overall quality of life score of facial burn scar patients was positively correlated with disability acceptance ( r = 0.245, p = 0.007). The total score of quality of life and disability acceptance in facial burn scar patients was 137.06 ± 17.05 and 185.68 ± 23.74, respectively. Differences between participants in terms of demographic characteristics, quality of life, and disability acceptance were assessed using two-tailed independent t-tests. The questionnaires used included demographic data and investigations using the burn scars table, Burn-Specific Health Scale-Brief (BSHS-B), and acceptance disability scale (ADS). Patients with facial burn scars were investigated in an outpatient clinic of tertiary hospitals from September 2015 to February 2016. The purpose of our research is to understand the status of the quality of life and level of disability acceptance in patients with facial burn scars and to explore the correlation between quality of life and disability acceptance and how to improve nursing care for these patients. 2Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.1Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Guangzhou Panyu Central Hospital, Guangzhou, China.Xiuni Zhang 1 †, Yuan Liu 2 †, Xiaohong Deng 2 †, Chengsong Deng 2, Yunfeng Pan 2 * and Ailing Hu 2 *
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