PSYCHOSOCIAL PROBLEMS OF CLIENTS SUFFERING FROM BURN DEFORMITIES

One of the harmful and distressful events which may happen throughout everybody's life is burn. Most often the problems and complication of burn has ever- lasting effects. Burn deformities can lead to progressive isolation of victim and psychosocial problems.

To determine psychosocial problems of client suffering from burn's defect and it's relation to demographic data. Design : This was a field study. Psychosocial problems were determined through questionnaire, then the intensity of problems were determined and the relation between problem and demographic data were measured. Samples : 60 subject over 18 years were randomly selected from burn's clinics.

Subject experienced psychosocial problems to various extent and intensity. There was a significant relation between psychosocial problems and the level of education and economic status (p<0.05). There also was a significant relation between psychosocial problems and client's economic status.

All responsible people or organization should provide proper education for people in order to prevent burn and accidents.