BURN INTENSITY AMONG WOMEN WITH UNINTENTIONAL BURN INJURY: INFLUENCE ON COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING

Abstract

The present study was examine the burn intensity influences cognitive functioning among women with unintentional burn injury. Further, it compare cognitive functioning across different burn intensity levels. 200 women burn survivors age above 19 years were examined. The intensity of burn was asked in demographic and Montreal Cognitive Assessment Urdu version scale was used to measure cognitive functioning in the study. In SPSS version 24, descriptive statistics and one-way ANOVA were employed for data analysis. The findings showed that among women burn survivors, cognitive performance significantly declined as burn severity increased. Cognitive scores were best among those with modest burn intensity and lowest among those with high burn intensity. A substantial difference between burn intensity levels was confirmed by one-way ANOVA results, with a large effect size (η² = 0.33) and F(2, 197) = 49.42, p <.001. All group differences were statistically significant, according to post hoc, demonstrating that significantly worse cognitive ability is linked to more severe burns. These findings illustrate how cognitive impairment increases as burn injury severity increases. The data showed that burn survivors' cognitive performance is impacted by burn severity. Those with moderate burn severity (the second highest cognitive mean score) produced a higher mean score level than those with high burn severity. Those who sustain high burns have the lowest functioning. Cognitive functioning varies across groups indicating a clear negative relationship between cognitive functioning and burn severity with cognitive functioning decreasing as burn injury severity increases