Condition: Patients with Lower Extremity Burn · Postural Stability, Depressive Symptoms and Anxiety in Patients with Lower Extremity Burn · Sponsor: Cairo University
A burn can be a life-threatening and traumatic event associated with severe pain and long-term health problems. Psychological difficulties are often reported after a burn, and symptoms of depression are one of the most common \[1,2\]. Physiological and state anxiety increased as a result of increased postural threat whereas ratings of perceived stability and balance efficacy were reduced as a function of increased postural threat. Efforts to diagnose balance disorders based on balance performance may be confounded by the influence of psychological factors. In a systematic review of the prevalence of depression after a burn, 4%-10% met the criteria for major depression within a year after the burn, and the rate of clinically relevant depressive symptoms measured by self-reporting was 4%-26% \[3\]. In addition, depressive symptoms after a burn have been associated with deterioration in long-term physical functioning and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) \[\[4\], \[5\], \[6\]\]. For patients with burns, studies have reported symptoms of anxiety in hospital \[7,8\], but Williams and Griffiths \[9\] reported that one third of a sample of 23 survivors of burns were still having appreciable psychological difficulties one year after the burn. Anxiety was the most common, followed by post-traumatic stress syndrome and depression Many treatments are available to treat anxiety and depression disorders, including medication, exercise, meditation, and cognitive behavioral therapy. I…
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Zeinab Abd El Fattah Ali Zeinab Abd El Fattah Ali, Assistant professor · +201061360551 · zeinaboh4@gmail.com
Nesma Morgan Allam Nesma Morgan Allam, assistant professor · +201281968332 · Dr.nesma2011@yahoo.com
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