Self-Efficacy and Psychological Status among Hospitalized Burned Patients

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Medical-Surgical Nursing , faculty of nursing , port said university

2 Mental and Psychiatric Nursing , Nursing,Portsaid university

Abstract

Background: Burn injury is often a devastating event with long-term physical and
psychosocial effects. It can result in multiple psychological sequelae.Aim: The aim of
the current study was to investigate the relationship between self-efficacy and
psychological status among hospitalized burned patients.Subject and Methods :the
research design A descriptive correlation design was adopted in the current study.
Setting: The study was carried out in burn units at Port-Said general hospital, PortSaid, Egypt. Convenient sample of 92 adult burned patients were recruited to
participate in this study. Two tools are used for data collection were: the Depression
Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS) and General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE),Result: The
results of the current study revealed that Psychological impairment was found to be
sever and more than half of studied patients at the anxiety, depression and stress. SelfEfficacy was low in about half of burned patients. There were negative correlation
between Self-Efficacy and depression and stress but positive correlation with
anxiety.Conclusion The study was concluded that there is a significant relation
between stress as well as depression and anatomical site of burn, especially in the
upper limb. As well as there was a significant relation found between General SelfEfficacy and patient's age. Recommendations: The importance of early psychological
intervention to reduce the complications to recognize and treat pre-existing
impairments to reduce the complications of long-term remedy.

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