Validation of a Taiwanese Version of the Burn-Specific Health Scale-Brief.

The purposes of this study were to translate the brief version of the Burn-Specific Health Scale (BSHS-B) into traditional Chinese (Taiwanese) and to evaluate its psychometric properties to measure quality of life of burn patients in Taiwan. The BSHS-B-Taiwanese was translated and reviewed by an expert committee. Patients were invited to participate in this study while they visited the outpatient burn clinic.

Factors related to return to work and job modification after a hand burn.

Occupational therapy aims to help patients resume their occupations. Therefore, we must know their work status after our intervention. We collected demographic and burn-related data from patient charts and analyzed it to determine the work status of former patients with burned hands and what influenced their returning to work.

Effectiveness of web space pressure inserts for postburn dorsal slant.

Postburn web space scar, if not appropriately treated, can result in the progressive loss of the web space or the increase in angle of the dorsal slant of the web space or both, which will not only lead to cosmetic and hygiene problems, but also to functional limitations. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of web space pressure inserts for postburn dorsal slants. An individualized custom-made web space pressure insert was fitted into each web space.