Quantifying Risk Factors for Long-Term Sleep Problems After Burn Injury in Young Adults

Austin F Lee1, Colleen M Ryan, Jeffrey C Schneider

  • 1From the *Research Center for Statistics and Actuarial Science in Medicine, School of Statistics, Xi'An University of Finance and Economics, Xi'An, China; †School of Insurance and Economics, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China; ‡Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; §Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; ‖Department of Mathematical Sciences, Bentley University, Waltham, Massachusetts; ¶Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; #Shriners Hospitals for Children-Boston, Boston, Massachusetts; **Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; ††Center for the Assessment of Pharmaceutical Practices (CAPP), Department of Health Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts; ‡‡Sleep Disorders & Research Center, Department of Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; §§Department of Medicine, Rheumatology and Immunology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; ‖‖Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis, Los Angeles, California; ¶¶Shriners Hospitals for Children-Northern California, Sacramento, California; ##Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston, Texas; ***Shriners Hospitals for Children-Galveston, Galveston, Texas; †††Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; ‡‡‡Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; and §§§Member of Multi-Center Benchmarking Study Group are listed in Appendix.

Summary

Young adult burn survivors frequently experience sleep dissatisfaction, impacting their quality of life. Improving sleep satisfaction is crucial for better long-term recovery and overall well-being in these individuals.

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