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Johnson BZ, O'Halloran E, Stevenson AW, Wood FM, Fear MW, Linden MD. Non-severe burn injury causes sustained platelet hyperreactivity. Burns 2024; 50:585-596. [PMID: 37945506 DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2023.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Revised: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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Individuals who present to a hospital for treatment of a burn of any magnitude are more frequently hospitalised for ischemic heart disease, even decades after injury. Blood platelets are key mediators of cardiovascular disease. To investigate platelet involvement in post-burn cardiovascular risk, platelet reactivity was assessed in patients at 2- and 6-weeks after non-severe (TBSA < 20%) burn injury, and in a murine model 30 days after 8% TBSA full-thickness burn injury. Platelets were stimulated with canonical agonists and function reported by GPIIb/IIIa PAC1-binding site, CD62P expression, and formation of monocyte-platelet aggregates. In vivo thrombosis in a modified Folts model of vascular injury was assessed. Burn survivors had elevated frequencies of circulating monocyte-platelet aggregates, and platelets were hyperreactive, primarily to collagen stimulation. Burn plasma did not cause hyper-reactivity when incubated with control platelets. Platelets from burn injured mice also demonstrated increased response to collagen peptides but did not show any change in thrombosis following vascular injury. This study demonstrates the persistence of a small but significant platelet hyperreactivity following burn injury. Although our data does not suggest this heightened platelet sensitivity modulates thrombosis following vascular injury, the contribution of sub-clinical platelet hyperreactivity to accelerating atherogenesis merits further investigation.
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- Blair Z Johnson
- Burn Injury Research Unit, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia; School of Biomedical Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- Burn Injury Research Unit, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- Burn Injury Research Unit, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia; School of Biomedical Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- Burn Injury Research Unit, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia; Burns Service of Western Australia, WA Department of Health, Nedlands, Australia
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- Burn Injury Research Unit, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia; School of Biomedical Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
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Shokre ES, Mohammed SEM, Elhapashy HMM, Elsharkawy NB, Ramadan OME, Abdelaziz EM. The effectiveness of the psychosocial empowerment program in early adjustment among adult burn survivors. BMC Nurs 2024; 23:45. [PMID: 38225570 PMCID: PMC10790373 DOI: 10.1186/s12912-024-01700-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2023] [Accepted: 01/01/2024] [Indexed: 01/17/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Burns constitute a major global health challenge, causing not only physical trauma, but also significant psychosocial and emotional disturbances. The complexity of these injuries requires comprehensive rehabilitation programs that address both the physical and psychosocial aspects of recovery. Despite advances in medical care, there is a lack of standardized, accessible, and sustainable psychosocial interventions for burn survivors, particularly in the transition from hospital to home. This study aimed to develop and evaluate a nurse-led psychosocial empowerment intervention for early adjustment among burn survivors after hospital discharge. METHODS The study adopted a quasi-experimental framework. A convenient sample of 80 adult burn survivors was randomly divided into an intervention group, receiving the psychosocial empowerment program, and a control group, continuing standard care from November 2022 to May 2023. The effectiveness of the program was evaluated using various tools that measure satisfaction with appearance, coping abilities, and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The intervention focused on enhancing resilience, self-efficacy, and adaptive coping, through targeted skill building in stress management, adaptability to coping, social reintegration, emotion regulation, and problem-solving. RESULTS Participants in the intervention group demonstrated significant improvements in body image satisfaction, coping abilities, and symptoms of PTSD compared to the control group. CONCLUSIONS The psychosocial empowerment program effectively addressed the psychosocial needs of burn survivors and enhanced their early adjustment after hospital discharge. The findings highlight the critical role of psychosocial support in the rehabilitation of burn survivors and underscore the need to integrate such interventions into standard post-discharge care. Future research should focus on the long-term effects of these interventions and their applicability in diverse settings.
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- Evon S Shokre
- Department of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt.
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- College of Nursing, Jouf University, Sakaka, 72388, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Maternal and New-born Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Cairo University, Cairo, 11562, Egypt
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- College of Nursing, Jouf University, Sakaka, 72388, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Paediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Cairo University, Cairo, 11562, Egypt
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- College of Nursing, Jouf University, Sakaka, 72388, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Cairo University, Cairo, 11562, Egypt
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Zhang J, Ding L, Wu Y, Yao M, Ma Q. Perceived stigma in burn survivors: Associations with resourcefulness and alexithymia. Burns 2023; 49:1448-1456. [PMID: 36646574 DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2022.12.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Revised: 12/09/2022] [Accepted: 12/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Burn survivors often have severe scarring and distorted body image, and they are commonly given new perceptions and even receive a variety of negative labels from individuals, families and society. This study aimed to explore the association between stigma, resourcefulness and alexithymia, and identifies whether resourcefulness in burn survivors is mediating the relationship between resourcefulness and alexithymia. METHOD This correlational study was conducted from December 2021 to July 2022 in a comprehensive tertiary Grade A hospital in Ningxia, China. A convenience sample of 159 burn survivors was recruited. Data were collected using demographics, Social Impact Scale(SIC),Toronto Alexithymia Scale, and Resourcefulness Scale (RS). Descriptive analysis, Hierarchical Regression analysis, Pearson Correlation analysis, and Mediation analysis were used for data analysis. RESULTS Finally, a data set of 148 responses was determined for analysis. The effective rate was 95.9%. We found significant correlation between stigma, resourcefulness and alexithymia. Sociodemographic characteristics (gender, spouse states), clinical characteristics (body surface burned area, scar areas), resourcefulness and alexithymia of burn survivors were significant predictors of stigma among burn survivors. The mediating effect of resourcefulness between stigma and alexithymia in burns survivors accounted for 36.03% of the total effect. CONCLUSION Resourcefulness partially mediates the relationship between stigma and alexithymia. These findings suggest medical staff should strengthen the management of the mental health of burn survivors and eliminate the negative cognition and tendency of burn survivors by regularly promoting stigma counseling measures based on cognitive behavioral therapy. Based on the resourcefulness theory, psychological counseling and intervention are carried out in various ways to fully mobilize their internal factors for positive emotional regulation and enhance the ability of individuals to cope with adversity. In addition, an attempt was made to establish an "anti-stigma coalition" or "peer support group" for burn survivors to provide networked information support and emotional support to facilitate further the smooth return of patients to their families and society.
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- Juan Zhang
- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China.
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- Department of Endocrinology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China
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- Wound Stomy Clinic, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China
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Jeong WJ, Holavanahalli RK, Kowalske KJ. Evaluation of Kinesiophobia in Survivors of Major Burn Injury. J Burn Care Res 2022; 43:1380-1385. [PMID: 35385580 DOI: 10.1093/jbcr/irac043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Kinesiophobia, the fear of movement and re-injury, has not been described in burn injury survivors. Physical activity is a key component of burn rehabilitation programs. Yet, not all burn survivors exercise at the recommended level. This is an exploratory study examining the association of the demographics and injury characteristics of burn survivors with a fear of movement. The subjective fear of movement was measured using the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK). The TSK score was compared between several demographics and injury characteristics by performing the independent sample t-test. Sixty-six percent of subjects in our study (n=35), reported high levels of kinesiophobia (score 37 or above). The mean scores of the TSK were greater in males (40.7), non-White (43.0), Hispanic/Latino (41.1), age greater than 50 years (42.3), and total body surface area (TBSA) burn of >15% compared to females (36.9), White (38.5), non-Hispanic/Latino (39.3), age 50 years or less (38.1), and TBSA 15% or less (39.4) respectively. However, with the exception of time post injury, none of the mean differences were statistically significant. Subjects who had sustained a burn injury more than 12 months ago showed higher levels of kinesiophobia than the subjects who were injured within 12 months with a mean difference of 7.35 (p=.01). Thus, this study highlights the importance of (i) continued, long-term follow up for burn survivors, and (ii) appropriate educational and treatment interventions to address any underlying existing, new, or emerging medical issues that may contribute to the fear or avoidance of movement.
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- Won J Jeong
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A
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O'Brien KH. Dimensions of burn survivor distress and its impact on hospital length of stay: A national institute on disability, independent living, and rehabilitation research burn model system study. Burns 2019; 46:286-292. [PMID: 31901408 DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2019.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2019] [Revised: 11/22/2019] [Accepted: 12/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Guided by the Transactional Model of Stress and Coping, this study seeks to (1) examine the independent relationships between the level of distress among burn survivors, pre-morbid psychiatric history, and burn severity on length of hospital stay, and (2) to examine the relationship between having a premorbid psychiatric history and level of distress following a burn injury. METHODS Data collected by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, Rehabilitation Research funded Burn Model System (N = 846) was used to theoretically link psychological distress with the length of hospital stay for survivors of burn injuries. Structural Equation Modeling was used to evaluate the aims of this study. RESULTS Although counterintuitive, and while significant, burn severity was found to have a rather modest association with a burn survivor's level of distress, indicating that one's ability to cope may be a better predictor of distress rather than burn severity alone. Premorbid psychiatric history was significantly associated with increased levels of distress. While burn severity was associated with length of stay, level of distress did not act as a partial mediator. Length of stay was, however, significantly related to having a premorbid-psychiatric history. Of notable interest, a significant racial, ethnic, and gender difference exists in level of distress. Women and people of color experience higher levels of distress holding constant burn severity and psychiatric history. CONCLUSION A need exists to assess for and address premorbid and current mental health challenges of burn survivors, specifically the ability to cope, especially among people of color and women, regardless of the burn size or severity.
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- Kyle H O'Brien
- Southern Connecticut State University, School of Health and Human Services, Department of Social Work, Department of Health and Movement Sciences, 101 Farnham Avenue New Haven, CT 06515, United States.
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Kornhaber R, Visentin D, Kaji Thapa D, West S, Haik J, Cleary M. Burn camps for burns survivors-Realising the benefits for early adjustment: A systematic review. Burns 2019; 46:33-43. [PMID: 30638667 DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2018.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2018] [Accepted: 12/10/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Child and adolescent burn survivors benefit from skills to cope with the physical and mental challenges associated with their injuries. Burn camps can offer an opportunity to build these skills. In this study, we systematically review the best available evidence on burn camps in order to better assess their impact on burn survivors. METHOD A systematic review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. A total of 815 articles on recreational therapeutic camps for burn survivors were retrieved from PubMed, PsycINFO, CINAHL and Scopus restricted to the English language and published before or by May 2018. Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) for Qualitative Studies Checklist and the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Critical Appraisal Checklist for non-randomized experimental studies were used to assess the methodological rigour of the quantitative studies. RESULTS Quantitative data did not support any long-lasting impacts on psychosocial wellbeing. Qualitative data showed children, parents and staff all perceived benefits from camp attendance, including companionship and belonging. CONCLUSION Further research is required to understand the lack on congruence between qualitative and quantitative data. Qualitative data suggests burn camps are beneficial for children with burn injuries.
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- Rachel Kornhaber
- School of Health Sciences, College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
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- School of Health Sciences, College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Health Sciences, College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Health Sciences, College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel; Adjunct Professor, School of Health Sciences, University of Tasmania, Sydney, Australia
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- School of Health Sciences, College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Survivors of large burns may face positive and negative psychological after-effects from close-to-death injuries. This study is the first to examine their near-death experiences (NDEs) and posttraumatic growth (PTG) and life satisfaction afterwards. With an available sample of 92 burn survivors, half met the criteria for an NDE using an objective scale. Those who indicated religion was a source of strength and comfort had high scores on life satisfaction, PTG, and the NDE Scale. Individuals with larger burns reported greater PTG than those with smaller total body surface area burned (TBSA). There were no significant differences on life satisfaction, PTG, or NDEs when examined by gender or years since the burn injury. Elements of the NDE most frequently reported were: An altered sense of time, a sense of being out of the physical body, a feeling of peace, vivid sensations, and sense of being in an "other worldly" environment. Social workers and other health providers need to be comfortable helping burn survivors discuss any NDEs and process these through survivors' spirituality and religious belief systems as they recover.
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- David Royse
- a College of Social Work , University of Kentucky , Lexington , Kentucky , USA
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- a College of Social Work , University of Kentucky , Lexington , Kentucky , USA
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Background: Burn injury is a devastating experience affecting all aspects of a person's essence, including his/her identity and perception. These patients require complex cognitive efforts to redefine their identity to deal with difficult condition after burn injury and preserve self-concept. The experience of life after burn injury is generally a solitary one, closely related to the patients’ cultural and religious context. Therefore, this study was conducted aiming at investigating burn patients’ experiences regarding how to preserve self-concept in life after burn injury in Iran. Materials and Methods: This qualitative study was carried out using qualitative content analysis and in-depth unstructured interviews with 17 surviving burn subjects. Results: During the qualitative content analysis process, the concept of “locating” as the essence of the participants’ experience was extracted as follows: (A) self-exploration (exploring the changes in one's life), (B) others’ exploration (exploring the changes in the life of family members and the relationship between self and others), (C) position evaluation (self-position analysis), and (D) self-concept preservation. Conclusion: The present study has developed new understandings of mental experiences of burn patients’ self-concept by describing the concept of “self-locating”. It helps us in classifying and understanding the concepts described in comprehensive theories developed in this area. They do this by focusing on what burn patients experience for choosing self-preservation strategies and having a meaningful life. The finding can be used as a conceptual framework for palliative care program in Iran.
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- Vahid Zamanzadeh
- Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Medical Faculty, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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Zamanzadeh V, Valizadeh L, Lotfi M, Salehi F. Burn Survivors' Experience of Core Outcomes during Return to Life: a Qualitative Study. J Caring Sci 2014; 3:227-37. [PMID: 25717453 DOI: 10.5681/jcs.2014.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2014] [Accepted: 09/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Burn is one of the main and common health problems that face the victims with significant challenges in their lives. The main purpose of caring and rehabilitating these people is returning them to their previous life situation. Thus, the present study was conducted with the purpose of determining the experience of burn survivors with regard to returning to life in order to be able to obtain new concepts of acceptable implications in the present cultural and religious context. METHODS The present study is a qualitative study that was conducted using qualitative content analysis and in-depth unstructured interviews with 15 burn survivors in 2012 and 2013 in Tabriz. RESULTS During the process of qualitative analysis, the content of the category "balance", as the core essence of the experience of participants, was extracted according to three sub-categories: a- the physical integration (physiological stability, saving the affected limb), b-connecting to the life stream (self-care, getting accustomed, normalization), and c- return to the existence (sense of inner satisfaction and excellence). CONCLUSION The results of this study confirmed the physical, psychological and social scales introduced by other studies. Also proposed the concept "return to the existence", that can be measured by the emergence of a sense of inner satisfaction and excellence in the individual, as one of the key and determinant scales in returning the victims of burn to life.
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- Vahid Zamanzadeh
- Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Nursing & Midwifery Faculty, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Pediatrics Nursing, Nursing & Midwifery Faculty, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Nursing & Midwifery Faculty, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Surgury, Medicine Faculty, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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