Iram Naz, Zakia Bano.
Effect of Burn Body Parts on the Cognitive and Post-traumatic Stress problems in Female Burn survivors.
Isra Med J Jan ;12(2):91-4.

Objective: To investigate the effect of Burn Body Parts on the Cognitive functioning and Post-traumatic stress problems in female Burn survivors. Study Design: Cross sectional observational study. Place and Duration: Department of Psychology, University of Gujrat from November 15th 2017 to July 25th 2018. Methodology: The cognitive functioning and post-traumatic stress disorder was measured by using Montreal Cognitive Assessment scale, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist and demographic form respectively. Results: The 200 post burn survivor`s data was tested using Structure Equation Modeling and the model fit was confirmed with the p-value of .012. It established the moderating effect of burn body parts role in cognitive and post-traumatic stress problems in female burn victims. While analyzing the relationship among the variables, the cognitive problems with post-traumatic stress shows the regression estimates of -1.956 (p-value, .000) which specifies that better cognitive functioning lower down the post-traumatic stress problems. Whereas role of burn body parts increase by 1 unit increase post-traumatic stress problem by .748 (p-value, .000). The findings indicated that more the burn body parts the more the post-traumatic stress problems in the survivors. Conclusion: The effect of burn body parts plays a significant role on the cognitive and post-traumatic stress problems in female burn survivors.

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