Iram Naz, Zaqia Bano, Ishtiaq Ahmed.
Post-traumatic stress disorder and cognitive functioning of female burn survivors by cause, severity and health complaints.
Rawal Med J Jan ;45(3):561-4.

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 this cross sectional 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 Post-Traumatic 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 post-traumatic 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 non-significant relationship with attention (p=0.190) and memory (p=0.112). Conclusion: Burn cause, burn severity and health complaints were the leading factors of post-traumatic stress disorder in female burn survivors. Further, the post-traumatic stress induced cognitive impairment was present in them.

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