A simplified domain structure of the Burn-Specific Health Scale-Brief (BSHS-B): A tool to improve its value in routine clinical work

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1581-1586

  Willebrand, Mimmie ^a,b   Kildal, Morten ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Burns; Outcome scale; Questionnaire; Rehabilitation; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BURN; BURN PATIENT; BURN SPECIFIC HEALTH SCALE BRIEF; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HAND FUNCTION; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; VALIDATION STUDY; ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 67650340147     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31803420d8     Document Type: Article

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