Rehabilitation and social adjustment of people with burns in society

The present study was conducted on rehabilitation and social adjustment of people with burns in society with the main objective to determine the relationship between social adjustment of people with burns and their psychosocial rehabilitation. The study was limited to the Burn Unit, Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan. At bi-variate level, the following were observed: the relationship of psychosocial rehabilitation was highly significant (P = 0.000) considering that people with burns feel shame in the society, a highly significant relation (P = 0.000) was found between psychosocial rehabilitation and burn as the hurdle to contact other members of the society, a highly significant (P = 0.000) relation was found between psychosocial rehabilitation and perception that society provides social support to people with burns, a highly significant (P = 0.000) relationship between psychosocial rehabilitation and people with burns feel alienated from the society, a significant association (P = 0.024) was found between psychosocial rehabilitation and loss of social network, and a significant (P = 0.002) association between psychosocial rehabilitation and society insult toward people with burns. Regular provision of treatment, quota in job allocation for people with burns, initiation of stipend through Benazir Income Support Program, and keeping and updating record of burns at the district level in census centers were suggested as recommendations in light of the study.