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Linda H Yoder1, Ann M Nayback, Kathryn Gaylord
1University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, 1700 Red River, Austin, TX 78701, USA. lyoder@mail.nur.utexas.edu
Abstract:
The Burn Specific Health Scale (BSHS) is the most commonly used instrument used to evaluate burn survivors' quality of life (QOL). Multiple forms of the instrument exist; however, the literature lacks clarity in regard as to why a particular version of the BSHS was used and how the instrument performed in a variety of samples. This paper provides a review of the literature of the variations of the BSHS, its utility for research and clinical practice, and scoring concerns.
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