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Relationship between Socio familial support with satisfaction of body image in patients with burn.
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K Niroumand-Zandi *   , T Atashrazm Jirandeh , F Atashzadeh- Shoorideh , M.J Hoseinabadi-farahani , E Talebi , F Bolourchifard |
| Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. , N.zandi@yahoo.com |
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| Introduction: Burn is a danger that threatens people every day in various forms and is recognized as one of the most devastating effects which has physical and psychological injuries. Familial social support is known as the most effective and powerful factor of success to cope with stressful situations and facilitate tolerance of problems for patients. On the other hand Oscar, deformity and dysfunction are main complications of burn that can cause disturbance in body image. Aim of this study was determine the relationship between familial social support and satisfaction of body image in patients with burn injury referred to Tehran hospitals in 2014.
Methods: In this descriptive–correlation study, 164 patients with various degrees of burns were studied with purposive sampling. The questionnaires of Social Support-Family Scale (SSFS) and Body Satisfaction Scale(BSS) were used for data collection after determining the validity and reliability. Data is analyzed by descriptive and analytical statistics through software Spss Ver 16. The significant level was determined P<0.05.
Results: Patients reported desirable levels of familial social support and Undesirable levels of satisfaction of body image. The main variables have positive and significant Correlation (r=0.2,P<0.01) so that in higher levels of familial social support, satisfaction of body image was also more. Age, marital status, percentage of burn and wheal were factors influencing on the perception of familial social support and satisfaction of body image (P<0.05).
Conclusion: The results show that people who have more social support , have more satisfaction with their body image. Therefore, familial social support can be considered as an effective and cost-effective strategy to work with burn complications in these individuals . |
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| Keywords: Burn, familial social support, Body image |
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Received: 2016/01/16 | Accepted: 2016/02/10 | Published: 2016/02/10 | ePublished: 2016/02/10
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