Table 3. Outcomes of study participants.
| Outcomes and subcategories | Survivors with Burn Injury | Survivors without Burn Injury |
| Quality of Life, Burn Specific Health Scale – Brief, median (interquartile range) | ||
| Sub-categories | Sub-scores | Sub-scores |
| Simple abilities | 4 (3.7, 4) | 4 (4, 4) |
| Hand function | 4 (3.3, 4) | 4 (4, 4) |
| Affect | 2.9 (2.1, 3.7) | 3.4 (2.6, 3.9) |
| Interpersonal | 3.8 (3, 4) | 4 (3.5, 4) |
| Sexuality | 4 (3.2, 4) | 4 (3.7, 4) |
| Body Image | 3.5 (2.6, 4) | 4 (4, 4) |
| Heat Sensitivity | 2.8 (1.8, 3.6) | 4 (4, 4) |
| Treatment regimes | 3.8 (3.1, 4) | 4 (4, 4) |
| Work | 3.8 (3, 4) | 4 (4, 4) |
| Occupational Outcomes, n (%) | ||
| Return to same job post-fire | 33 (69) | 50 (91) |
| Employment after fire | ||
| Full-time: | 12 (45) | 23 (80) |
| Part-time: | 6 (22) | 3 (10) |
| Unemployed: | 9 (33) | 3 (10) |
| Time off work | ||
| 1–7 days: | 3 (7) | 28 (56) |
| 1–3 weeks: | 3 (7) | 14 (28) |
| 1–5 months: | 16 (35) | 2 (4) |
| 6–12 months: | 12 (27) | 0 (0) |
| >1 year: | 11 (24) | 6 (12) |
| Disability | 14 (29) | 1 (2) |
| Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms, Impact of Event Scale-Revised, n (%) | ||
| Subclinical | 10 (21) | 12 (22) |
| Mild | 11 (23) | 18 (33) |
| Moderate | 10 (21) | 13 (24) |
| Severe | 17 (35) | 11 (21) |
| Depressive Symptoms, Beck Depression Inventory, n (%) | ||
| Minimal | 24 (52) | 42 (80) |
| Mild | 7 (15) | 2 (4) |
| Moderate | 10 (22) | 4 (8) |
| Severe | 5 (11) | 4 (8) |