Abstract
Objective: To investigate the relationship
between burn cause, severity and health
complaints with post-traumatic stress and
cognitive functioning of female burn survivors.
Methodology: In thi s c ros s sec tional
observational study, data were collected at
Department of Psychology, University of Gujrat
from November 15 to July 25 2018. Among the
post burn female survivor's, causes of burn injury,
burn severity and health complications were
assessed. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Checklist and Montreal Cognitive Assessment
scale was used to measure the constructs of PostTraumatic Stress and cognitive functioning of
domains of attention, abstraction, naming and
memory.
Results: Among 200 post burn victims, the model
fit summary confirmed (p=0.003) the structural
relationship of causes of burn injury with posttraumatic stress and post-traumatic stress
relationship with the cognitive functioning and
burn severity association with the cognitive
function of attention and memory. The causative
agent (p=0.750) and health complaints (p=0.605)
had non-significant relation with post-traumatic
stress while post-traumatic stress had nonsignificant relationship with attention (p=0.190)
and memory (p=0.112).
Conclusion: Burn cause, burn severity and health
complaints were the leading factors of posttraumatic stress disorder in female burn survivors.
Further, the post-traumatic stress induced
cognitive impairment was present in them. (Rawal
Med J 202;45:561-564).
