The Relationship between Acute Pain and Death Anxiety in Self-Immolation Patients

Anxiety is the most common physiological and psychological response to pain in burn patients, which can affect their physical and mental performance. This study aimed to determine the association between pain and anxiety of death in burn patients was performed.
This cross-sectional study in the burn ward of Imam Khomeini University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah. 103 patients in burn units for women and men were randomly selected and examined. The data from questionnaires blesky (1999) the level of death anxiety and anxiety in burn patients and a numerical rating scale were used to measure pain. The data collected by statistical software SPSS 18, Spearman correlation coefficient test and regression test at 5% level were analyzed.
According to the study, the severity of acute pain and the anxiety of death in the first and second weeks there is a significant relationship, There is also the third and fourth week. The results predict death anxiety by pain, the model can explain 54/6 percent of the variance in pain intensity was a significant predictor for death anxiety.
The results of this study can be concluded that the treatment and care of burn patients Drdhad control should emphasize the anxiety of death in these patients.