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[Influence of social support on the life quality of burn survivors]
1The First People's Hospital of Shang Qiu, Shang Qiu 476100, P.R. China.
Objective:
To investigate the influence of social support on the life quality of burn survivors.
Methods:
Three hundred and sixty patients admitted to our hospital from July of 1995 to July of 2002 were investigated by social support questionnaire (PRQ-85 Part2) and life quality self-evaluation questionnaire (GQOLL) 1 to 2 years after burns. The patients were divided into 3 groups (high, middle and low level of social support groups) according to the scores in the survey. The influence of different levels of social support on the degree of satisfaction of life and living quality were analyzed with SPSS11.0 software.
Results:
The living satisfaction score and living quality score of patients with high and middle levels of social support were 54.6 +/- 7.1, 57.4 +/- 8.1 and 46.8 +/- 5.2, 51.3 +/- 5.7, respectively. On the other hand, those with low level of social support, the scores were 51.2 +/- 8.1 and 43.6 +/- 5.0, respectively.
Conclusion:
The life quality of burn patients can be improved through reinforcement of the social support.
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