The evolution and utility of the burn specific health scale: A systematic review

The Burn Specific Health Scale (BSHS) is the most commonly used instrument used to evaluate burn survivors' quality of life (QOL) Multiple forms of the instrument exist however the literature lacks clarity in regard as to why a particular version of the BSHS was used and how the instrument performed in a variety of samples This paper provides a review of the literature of the variations of the BSHS its utility for research and clinical practice, and scoring concerns Published by Elsevier Ltd and ISBI