Education Program for Burn Patients

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of an educative program including telephone follow-up for burn patients regarding the impact of this intervention on the health status and return to work at six months after hospital discharge.

Official Title
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Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial on Telephone Follow-up in Rehabilitation of Burn Patients: Impact on Health Status

Conditions
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Burns

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: educational program+telephone follow up


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: adult burned patients (18 years or older), male and female patients burned for the first time who needed hospitalization at the Burns Unit in cognitive conditions to participate (being able to tell one's address, day of the week and age or birth date) in physical conditions to accomplish self-care. Exclusion Criteria: participants burned due to suicide or with previous psychiatric diagnoses or cognitive and psychological difficulties that do not allow them to answer the instrument questions and take care of themselves.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 80 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| No Intervention: Usual Care<br>Burns victims will receive information according to the service routine | |
| Experimental: educational program+telephone follow up<br>Burns victims will participate in an educative program including telephone follow-up during six months after hospital discharge | Behavioral: educational program+telephone follow up<br>* burns victims will participate in an educative program including telephone follow-up during six months after hospital discharge<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| change from baseline in perceived health status at six months | The questionnaire Burns Specific Health Scale- Revised developed by Blalock; Bunker; De Vellis (1994), adapted by Ferreira et al. (2008) to Brasilian people, will be used to collect the data at six months between groups. | six months | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| comparison the return to work of burn victims between groups | To compare the return to work of burns victims in intervention group with the return to work of burns victims in control group at six months after hospital discharge, proportions will be calculated (returned to work: yes/no) | baseline and six months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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burns, rehabilitation