Effect of Orem Self-Care Program on the Life Quality of Burn Patients Referred to Ghotbal- Din-e-Shirazi Burn Center, Shiraz, Iran: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Background: advances in treatment and critical care have largely improved the survival followingburns; therefore, the importance of quality of life in burn patients is an issue beyond question. the aimof this study was to determine the effects of orem self-care program on quality of life of burn patients.methods: a randomized clinical trial study was conducted on 110 eligible burn patients who wereselected using easy sampling method and allocated randomly into two groups of experiment andcontrol. the instrument for data collection was a questionnaire, containing demographic and burninformation and burn-specific health scale–brief (bshs-b) questionnaire. for the experiment group, 5sessions of theoretical training and 75-90 minutes of practical training were accomplished. the qualityof life of the patients with burns was assessed in three phases by the bshs-b questionnaire. the datawere analyzed in spss-17 using chi-square test, fisher’s exact test, independent t-test and repeatedmeasurement multivariate test.results: after one month and two months of the use of self-care model, the quality of life of the casesimproved from 73.33% to 83.78% and 98.12%, respectively (p < 0.001). but the changes in the qualityof life of the patients in the control group were not statistically significant (p > 0.05).conclusion: based on the obtained results of this study, designing and implementing a self-care programbased on orem’s model and the needs of burn patients will improve their quality of life. therefore, it isrecommended that this program should be considered as a part of treatment program for these patients.