Table 2.

Adult Burn Specific Health Scale Brief (BSHS-B) Items score for the 97 participants

BSHS-B scale items	Response
	N (%)
How much difficulty do you have?
	Extremely	Quite a bit	Moderately	A little bit	Not at all
Bathing independently	42 (43.3)	23 (23.7)	19 (19.6)	12 (12.4)	1 (1.0)
Dressing by yourself	35 (36.1)	28 (28.9)	19 (19.6)	14 (14.4)	1 (1.0)
Getting in and out of a car	21 (21.7)	19 (19.6)	30 (30.9)	18 (18.6)	9 (9.3)
Signing your name	41 (42.3)	18 (18.6)	18 (18.6)	16 (16.5)	4 (4.1)
Eating with utensils	28 (28.9)	28 (28.9)	17 (17.5)	20 (20.6)	4 (4.1)
Tying shoelaces/bows etc.	35 (36.1)	25 (25.8)	11 (11.3)	22 (22.7)	4 (4.1)
Picking up coins from a flat surface	23 (23.7)	31 (32.0)	15 (15.5)	19 (19.6)	9 (9.3)
Unlocking a door	12 (12.4)	20 (20.6)	26 (26.8)	21 (21.7)	18 (18.6)
Performing your duties	28 (28.9)	26 (26.8)	15 (15.5)	15 (15.5)	13 (13.4)
To what extent does each of the following statements describe you?
	Extremely	Quite a bit	Moderately	A little bit	Not at all
feelings of loneliness	17 (17.5)	28 (28.9)	15 (15.5)	27 (27.8)	10 (10.3)
often feel sad or blue	17 (17.5)	32 (33.0)	16 (16.5)	24 (24.7)	8 (8.2)
emotional problem	10 (10.3)	24 (24.7)	18 (18.6)	33 (34.0)	12 (12.4)
Loss of interest in things	6 (6.2)	26 (26.8)	28 (28.9)	25 (25.8)	12 (12.4)
I don’t enjoy visiting people	7 (7.2)	25 (25.8)	32 (33.0)	19 (19.6)	14 (14.4)
no one to talk to about my problems	6 (6.2)	23 (23.7)	16 (16.5)	35 (36.1)	17 (17.5)
feelings of being caught or trapped	7 (7.2)	24 (24.7)	22 (22.7)	29 (29.9)	15 (15.5)
My problems have put me further away from my family	4 (4.1)	26 (26.8)	19 (19.6)	24 (24.7)	24 (24.7)
rather be alone than with my family	5 (5.1)	25 (25.8)	19 (19.6)	24 (24.7)	24 (24.7)
Don’t like the way my family acts around me	2 (2.1)	12 (12.4)	28 (28.9)	30 (30.9)	25 (25.8)