Education Program for Burn Patients

Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial on Telephone Follow-up in Rehabilitation of Burn Patients: Impact on Health Status

The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of an educative program including telephone follow-up for burn patients regarding the impact of this intervention on the health status and return to work at six months after hospital discharge.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Burns
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: educational program+telephone follow up

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 83
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Brazil
  • São Paulo
    • Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, 14015130
      • Burns Unit of the University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto Hospital das Clínicas

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• adult burned patients (18 years or older), male and female
• patients burned for the first time who needed hospitalization at the Burns Unit
• in cognitive conditions to participate (being able to tell one's address, day of the week and age or birth date)
• in physical conditions to accomplish self-care.

Exclusion Criteria:

• participants burned due to suicide or with previous psychiatric diagnoses or cognitive and psychological difficulties that do not allow them to answer the instrument questions and take care of themselves.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Usual Care; Burns victims will receive information according to the service routine
Experimental: educational program+telephone follow up; Burns victims will participate in an educative program including telephone follow-up during six months after hospital discharge	Behavioral: educational program+telephone follow up; burns victims will participate in an educative program including telephone follow-up during six months after hospital discharge

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
change from baseline in perceived health status at six months	The questionnaire "Burns Specific Health Scale- Revised" developed by Blalock; Bunker; De Vellis (1994), adapted by Ferreira et al. (2008) to Brasilian people, will be used to collect the data at six months between groups.	six months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
comparison the return to work of burn victims between groups	To compare the return to work of burns victims in intervention group with the return to work of burns victims in control group at six months after hospital discharge, proportions will be calculated (returned to work: yes/no)	baseline and six months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Sao Paulo
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Natália Gonçalves, PhDcandidate, University of Sao Paulo; Study Chair: Lidia Ap Rossi, PhD, University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: July 1, 2010
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 1, 2013
• Study Completion (Actual): May 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 21, 2011
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 21, 2011
• First Posted (Estimate): June 23, 2011

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): May 23, 2014
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 22, 2014
• Last Verified: May 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: rehabilitation; burns
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Wounds and Injuries; Burns
• Other Study ID Numbers: uspqueimados2011