Future Anxiety and Its Relation to the Body Image and Self Concept Among Adolescents With Burn Injury
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 3
Abstract
Aim of the study: This study aimed to evaluate the psychological level of future anxiety and its relationship with body image and self-concept among adolescents with burn injury at Sohage City. Patients and methods: Design: A Cross sectional cohort descriptive study. Setting: This study was conducted in the burn care unit of faculty of medicine, Sohag University. Sample: A convenient sample of 90 patients with different degrees of burn injury with age range of 12 -18 years old. Tools: A Questionnaire sheet containing socio-demographic data and characteristics of the burn injury including site and cause. Tool II: The 3 main scales of this study were designed by the researchers depending on the related published scales with the required modifications. Results: There were high level of anxiety regarding future (137.01 ± 23.72 representing 78.28% of the total score), high level of dissatisfaction regarding body image (80.63 ± 12.27 representing 83.98% of the total score) and high level of disturbance of the self-concept among adolescents with burn injury was (72.31 ± 6.10 representing 77.75% of the total score). There was positive correlation between anxiety regarding the future and both body image dissatisfaction and disturbed self-concept among adolescents with burn injury. Conclusion: adolescents with burn injury showed higher levels of body image dissatisfaction due to burn injury that resulted in disturbed self-concept which led to higher levels of anxiety concerning the future. These psychosocial changes correlated positively with age of the adolescents and their levels of education.
Authors and Affiliations
Youssria Elsayed Yousef, Neama Mohamed El Magrabi, Eman Abd El-Aziz Mohamed
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