Articles: mental-health-statistics-numerical-data.
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Previous research aimed at identifying factors that increase the risk of major burns patients experiencing psychological problems post-burn has generally ignored the potential role of psychological factors. In a prospective study, patients with burn injuries ranging from < 1 per cent up to 40 per cent were interviewed within 2 weeks of sustaining the burn and followed up at ca 3 months post-burn in order to assess the effects of both non-psychological and psychological factors on their subsequent mental health. ⋯ Forward stepwise multiple regression analyses were used to investigate the relationships between these factors and subsequent mental health. Post-burn psychological morbidity was strongly associated with psychological factors including levels of psychological morbidity in the first 2 weeks of sustaining the injury and factors from the coping literature.