Citation

Sveen J, Orwelius L, Gerdin B, Huss F, Sjöberg F, Willebrand M. J. Burn Care Res. 2010; 31(2): 310-318.

Affiliation

Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Sweden; Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, University Hospital of Linköping, Sweden; Department of Surgical Sciences, Plastic Surgery, Uppsala University, Sweden; Department of Hand-, Plastic-, and Burn Surgery, University Hospital of Linköping, Sweden; and Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Sweden.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, American Burn Association, Publisher Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181d0f523

PMID

20182373

Abstract

Burn injury can be a life-threatening and traumatic event. Despite considerable risk for psychological morbidity, few outcome measures have been evaluated. The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of a Swedish version of the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) in patients 1 year after burn injury (N = 147). A principal component analysis was performed, and the results supported the three-factor structure of the IES-R. High internal consistency and intelligible associations with concurrent psychological symptoms and known risk factors for distress after trauma indicate satisfactory psychometric properties. Thus, the study supports the use of the IES-R as a screening tool for measuring traumatic distress after burn.

Language: en