Examination of the Burn Model Systems and the Multicenter Benchmarking Study Outcome Measures Using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health

The Burn Injury Model Systems and the Multi-Center Burn Study are two nationwide, multi-center burn injury databases that use patient-reported outcome measures to collect data regarding patients’ experiences after burn injury. The data are collected in the hope that this knowledge will enable medical teams and patients to work together to improve the outcomes of rehabilitation interventions. Though the main outcome measures for both datasets were meticulously devised and demonstrate good psychometric properties; the question remains whether or not these measures collect data that encompass the entire experience of burn patients over time. Are there areas that are not being explored? Are there topics that would be better understood with more in-depth probing? The World Health Organization’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is a classification system widely used to examine the depth and breadth of outcome measures in many areas. However, its application in the field of burn recovery has been minimal. This study used the ICF to determine the comprehensiveness of burn injury outcome measures to generate a preliminary Core Set that will serve as a foundation for the future development of a pediatric burn injury ICF Core Set.

Name thesis:degree_name

Rehabilitation Science

Level thesis:degree_level

Doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Rehabilitation

Grantor

The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Author dc:creator

• Osborne, Candice Lee

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Ottenbacher, Kenneth

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Graham, James
• Suman, Oscar
• Meyer, Walter
• Simeonsson, Rune

• burn model systems
• burn outcomes questionnaire
• international classification of functioning, disability and health
• multicenter benchmarking study, national institute on disability and rehabilitation research
• world health organization

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/2152.3/734

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:utmb-ir.tdl.org:2152.3/734