Citation

Yoder LH, Nayback AM, Gaylord K. Burns 2010; 36(8): 1143-1156.

Affiliation

University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, 1700 Red River, Austin, TX 78701, United States.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.burns.2010.01.004

PMID

20382480

Abstract

The Burn Specific Health Scale (BSHS) is the most commonly used instrument used to evaluate burn survivors' quality of life (QOL). Multiple forms of the instrument exist; however, the literature lacks clarity in regard as to why a particular version of the BSHS was used and how the instrument performed in a variety of samples. This paper provides a review of the literature of the variations of the BSHS, its utility for research and clinical practice, and scoring concerns.

Language: en