The Relationship between Background Pain and Anxiety in patients with Burn injury: A cross-sectional study

Background and Aim: Burn injury is an example of damage to a person's health that causes many problems in the patient, including pain and anxiety. The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between pain and anxiety in burn patients. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 86 patients with burn injury admitted to Shahid Motahhari hospital, were selected using available sampling. Anxiety and Background pain severity were measured using spielberger state anxiety inventory and visual analog scale In two occasions, with an interval of one week. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics using Spss version 20. Results: According to the study, there was no significant statistical correlation between background pain severity and level of anxiety in the first visit (p=0.609, r=0.056), but in the second visit, a significant relationship was observed between these two variables (p=0.002, r=0.334).  Conclusion: According to the results of this study, anxiety and background pain are the main factors affecting burn patients and there is a significant relationship between these two. So, assessment and treatment of background pain and anxiety are essential elements of management in burn patients.