Thomlinson, A.M.; Farrell, N.R.; Shah, M.; Gaskell, S.L. Psychological Evaluation of a Residential Children’s Burns Camp Programme: A Ten-Year Evaluation. Eur. Burn J.2023, 4, 514-528.
Thomlinson, A.M.; Farrell, N.R.; Shah, M.; Gaskell, S.L. Psychological Evaluation of a Residential Children’s Burns Camp Programme: A Ten-Year Evaluation. Eur. Burn J. 2023, 4, 514-528.
Thomlinson, A.M.; Farrell, N.R.; Shah, M.; Gaskell, S.L. Psychological Evaluation of a Residential Children’s Burns Camp Programme: A Ten-Year Evaluation. Eur. Burn J.2023, 4, 514-528.
Thomlinson, A.M.; Farrell, N.R.; Shah, M.; Gaskell, S.L. Psychological Evaluation of a Residential Children’s Burns Camp Programme: A Ten-Year Evaluation. Eur. Burn J. 2023, 4, 514-528.
Abstract
Residential burns camp programmes provide help and support to children with burn injuries by providing activities designed to build their confidence and self-esteem. Our regional burns service has been running camps for over 20 years and evaluation is an important part of assessing their effectiveness. In this study we report both qualitative and quantitative data from 10 consecutive years of burns camps. Qualitative feedback was gathered using Likert scales and free response questionnaires at the end of camp and six weeks post-camp. Three quantitative outcome measures, the Paediatric Quality of Life Inventory v4, the Children’s Revised Impact of Event Scale (CRIES8) and the Satisfaction with Appearance Scale (SWAP) were completed before and six weeks after camp. Children and their parents/carers both reported attending burns camp was helpful for them/their child; the themes of meeting other children with burn injuries and developing confidence and self-esteem were cited as reasons. Parents/carers also reported significant improvements in their child’s physical and psychological functioning post-camp in some years. These findings confirm the importance of providing burns camp programmes for children with burn injuries as part of their post burn rehabilitation.
Keywords
burns camp; evaluation; burn rehabilitation
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
