Artur Manasyan , Kara A. McMullen , Kimberly Roaten , Jacob A. Bentley , Sunia Choudhury , Sarah A. Stoycos , Haig A. Yenikomshian , Maxwell B. Johnson
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Participant demographics were summarized using descriptive statistics and compared between the intentional and unintentional burn cohorts with Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney and Chi-square tests. A logistic regression model was constructed to investigate longitudinal occurrences of anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress symptoms, posttraumatic growth, employment status, and satisfaction with life.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>A total of 4668 patients were included in the study, of whom 147 (3.15 %) sustained violent burns. The intentional burn cohort was more likely to be Black (<em>p</em> < 0.001), unemployed (<em>p</em> < 0.001), have lower income (<em>p</em> = 0.001), and less likely to have completed graduate education (<em>p</em> < 0.001) than the unintentional burn cohort. Participants with intentional burn injuries had larger burns (24.0 vs. 16.6 % total body surface area, <em>p</em> < 0.001). Post-burn anxiety, depression, post-traumatic growth, and post-traumatic stress were not significantly associated with burn intentionality. After controlling for burn total body surface area, patients with violent burns were more likely to experience unemployment (<em>p</em> < 0.001) and poorer satisfaction with life (<em>p</em> < 0.001) after injury.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Violent, intentional burn injuries disproportionately impact historically marginalized and socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals. These injuries lead to poorer quality of life without an equivalent impact on psychological health across groups. 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Violent burns are associated with poorer life satisfaction and unemployment after injury
Background
Assaults can result in violent burn injuries, leading to a profound impact on survivors. These burns can cause physical pain, psychological trauma, and challenges in employment. In this study, we aim to explore socioeconomic demographics and longitudinal psychosocial outcomes associated with violent burns.
Methods
Adult participants admitted for acute burn injury between 1993 and 2023 within the Burn Model System (BMS) database were included in the study. Patients with self-inflicted burn injuries were excluded. Participant demographics were summarized using descriptive statistics and compared between the intentional and unintentional burn cohorts with Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney and Chi-square tests. A logistic regression model was constructed to investigate longitudinal occurrences of anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress symptoms, posttraumatic growth, employment status, and satisfaction with life.
Results
A total of 4668 patients were included in the study, of whom 147 (3.15 %) sustained violent burns. The intentional burn cohort was more likely to be Black (p < 0.001), unemployed (p < 0.001), have lower income (p = 0.001), and less likely to have completed graduate education (p < 0.001) than the unintentional burn cohort. Participants with intentional burn injuries had larger burns (24.0 vs. 16.6 % total body surface area, p < 0.001). Post-burn anxiety, depression, post-traumatic growth, and post-traumatic stress were not significantly associated with burn intentionality. After controlling for burn total body surface area, patients with violent burns were more likely to experience unemployment (p < 0.001) and poorer satisfaction with life (p < 0.001) after injury.
Conclusions
Violent, intentional burn injuries disproportionately impact historically marginalized and socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals. These injuries lead to poorer quality of life without an equivalent impact on psychological health across groups. Future research should focus on exploring dissatisfaction with life, barriers to employment, and the role of vocational counseling in addressing these challenges within this patient population.
期刊介绍:
Burns aims to foster the exchange of information among all engaged in preventing and treating the effects of burns. The journal focuses on clinical, scientific and social aspects of these injuries and covers the prevention of the injury, the epidemiology of such injuries and all aspects of treatment including development of new techniques and technologies and verification of existing ones. Regular features include clinical and scientific papers, state of the art reviews and descriptions of burn-care in practice.
Topics covered by Burns include: the effects of smoke on man and animals, their tissues and cells; the responses to and treatment of patients and animals with chemical injuries to the skin; the biological and clinical effects of cold injuries; surgical techniques which are, or may be relevant to the treatment of burned patients during the acute or reconstructive phase following injury; well controlled laboratory studies of the effectiveness of anti-microbial agents on infection and new materials on scarring and healing; inflammatory responses to injury, effectiveness of related agents and other compounds used to modify the physiological and cellular responses to the injury; experimental studies of burns and the outcome of burn wound healing; regenerative medicine concerning the skin.