Application of a Multidisciplinary Collaborative Standardized Management Process for Children's Burn Injuries Throughout Their Lifelong Mental Health

Abstract

To investigate the effectiveness of a multidisciplinary, standardized, full-lifecycle mental health management process for pediatric burn and scald injuries, a total of 86 pediatric burn patients admitted to the Burn Department of a tertiary hospital in a prefecture-level city, Sichuan Province in China, between January 2025 and November 2025 were enrolled. Participants were divided into a control group (n=43) and an intervention group (n=43) based on admission sequence. The control group received conventional psychological interventions, while the intervention group received multidisciplinary collaborative, full-lifecycle mental health intervention nursing for pediatric burn injuries. The effects of both nursing interventions on children's post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, depression, and parental satisfaction were compared. Results showed that before pre-intervention, there was no significant difference existed between groups in PTSD-RI scores, SCARED and CDI scores (P > 0.05). After post-intervention, the intervention group exhibited significantly lower PTSD-R, SCARED and CDI scores than the control group (P < 0.05). Meanwhile, post-intervention parental satisfaction scores were significantly higher in the intervention group (P < 0.05). In conclusion, the multidisciplinary collaborative, full-lifecycle mental health management process for pediatric burns could effectively reduce post-traumatic stress, anxiety, and depression levels through phased, differentiated interventions while enhancing parental satisfaction. This provides a comprehensive, multidimensional, and highly collaborative practice model for pediatric trauma psychological intervention, warranting clinical implementation in the future.