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Assessment of Psychological Problems among Adolescent Females with Burn

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Psychiatric nursing

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Background: Burns are acute unpredictable and devastating forms of trauma that affect both
physical and psychological health of adolescent females with burn as social anxiety, depression and
posttraumatic stress disorder. The aim of the study was to investigate psychological problems among
adolescent females with burn. Research design: Descriptive correlational design was utilized to
achieve this aim. Setting: Burn Unit of Benha Teaching Hospital in Benha City. Sample: A
convenience sample of 100 adolescent females who were admitted to burn unit from above mentioned
setting. Tools: Four tools were used in this study: A Structured interviewing questionnaire sheet to
assess personal data and clinical data, Social Phobia Inventory, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist
and Burn Depression Checklist were used to assess psychological problems. Results: The findings
revealed that the mean age of adolescent females with burn was 15.8 ± 1.84 years, the majority of the
studied sample had social phobia ranged from sever to mild. Majority had high level of posttraumatic
stress disorder. The entire studied sample had depression ranged from mild to severe. There was
positive significant correlation between social phobia and posttraumatic stress disorder, there was
positive significant correlation between depression and posttraumatic stress disorder, as well as there
was positive significant correlation between depression and social phobia. Conclusion: Burn have
great negative effect on psychological status of female adolescence. Recommendation: The study
recommended that psycho educational nursing program focus on stress management technique,
problem solving skills and assertiveness should be developed and implemented to all burn patients to
help them to manage psychological effects that result from burn injury in a constructive way.

DOI

10.21608/jnsbu.2020.159372

Keywords

Adolescent, Burn, Females, Psychological problems

Authors

First Name

Asmaa

Last Name

El-nemr

MiddleName

Abdel Rahman

Affiliation

Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University- Egypt

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First Name

Maaly

Last Name

EL-malkey

MiddleName

Ibrahim

Affiliation

Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University- Egypt

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First Name

Shewikare

Last Name

ELBakry

MiddleName

Tawfik

Affiliation

Psychiatry department, Faculty of Medicine, Benha University ,Egypt

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First Name

Samah

Last Name

Ibrahim

MiddleName

Ramadan

Affiliation

Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt

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1

Article Issue

1

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23388

Issue Date

2020-01-01

Receive Date

2019-12-01

Publish Date

2020-01-01

Page Start

65

Page End

84

Print ISSN

2682-3934

Online ISSN

2735-5802

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JNSBU_Volume 1_Issue 1_Pages 65-84.pdf

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Scientific peer reviewed journal

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Publication Title

Journal of Nursing Science Benha University

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Assessment of Psychological Problems among Adolescent Females with Burn

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23 Jan 2023