[
    {
        "id": "osp-10259",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Psychological and Physiological Complications of Post-Burn Patients in Pakistan",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Ali",
                "given": "Meher B."
            },
            {
                "family": "Ali",
                "given": "Mashal B."
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/ar/articles/psychological-and-physiological-complications-of-post-burn-patients-in-pakistan",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2025
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal",
        "volume": "22",
        "issue": "1",
        "page": "8-13",
        "DOI": "10.18295/squmj.8.2021.118",
        "publisher": "Sultan Qaboos University",
        "ISSN": "2075-051X",
        "abstract": "Pakistan has a burn mortality rate of 6.5%, with a considerable percentage of survivors suffering from long-term complications due to lack of rehabilitation. The aim of this review is to outline the important physiological and psychological after-effects of burn injuries. Relevant articles were included by conducting a comprehensive search between 20th March and 25th May 2020. Psychological complications of burns include depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, sleep disturbance, phobias, guilt, suicidal thoughts, and personality changes. Physiological complications include scarring, contractures, pain, muscle wasting, and hypothermia. Other complications include infections. The review revealed a scarcity of literature regarding the prevalence and impact of long-term complications in post-burn patients. Our findings include a lack of rehabilitative services and high rate of post-burn complications in Pakistan. Rehabilitation of burn patients should be a continuation of active treatment and should begin from the day of admission, to reduce the morbidity and improve the quality of life of burn patients."
    }
]