Avaliação de Sintomas da Depressão em Pacientes com Queimaduras: Uma Revisão de Literatura

Burns, as they are an indisputably traumatic event that even puts the person's life at risk, leave several marks in the lives of those who were injure d, usually symptoms of depression. The general objective of this study is to analyze the k nowledge produced and published related to the assessment of depression symptoms in burn patie nts. The study is a literature review, adopted the integrative modality, which is consider e the broadest methodological approach regarding reviews and provide a broad understanding of the phenomenon analyzed. Eight articles indexed in the PubMed database were analyz ed. The sample consisted of adolescents to elderly, aged between 12 and 80 years. The instr uments most used to assess depression are the Hamilton Depression Scale HDS and Beck Depres sion Inventory BDI. It concludes by emphasizing the notoriety of the underdiagnosis of depression in people injured by burns, and the low number of publications in Brazil.