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NCT Number: NCT01379495

Education Program for Burn Patients

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Burns Wounds and Injuries

Age range

18 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Burns Unit of the University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto Hospital das Clínicas

Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, 14015130, Brazil

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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.

Treatment and study plan

educational program+telephone follow up

Behavioral

burns victims will participate in an educative program including telephone follow-up during six months after hospital discharge

Primary outcomes

  1. change from baseline in perceived health status at six months

    Time frame: 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.

Secondary outcomes

  1. comparison the return to work of burn victims between groups

    Time frame: baseline and six months

    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)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Sao Paulo

Other

Registry information

Official study title

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

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2013
Study completion
2013
First posted
Jun 23, 2011
Registry last updated
May 23, 2014

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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