The Level of Irrational Thoughts and Their Relationship to The Degree of Depression in A Sample of People with Burns of The First Degree

Abstract

This study sought to identify the level of irrational thoughts and their relationship to the degree of depression in a sample of people with burns of the first degree.The researcher used the descriptive correlational method. The study populationconsisted of all the thirty-seven patients suffering from first degree burns who aretreated at outpatient clinics in private hospitals (Jordan Hospital, Specialty Hospital). Where the study sample consisted of (11) patientsincluding 6 females who were selected using the convenience sampling method.The findings demonstrated that: The sample of patients with first-degree burns exhibited  high level of irrational thoughts. No statistically significant differences were found on the scale of irrational thoughts attributed to gender and age variables.The sample of patients with first-degree burns had a high level of depression. The results also revealed that there were no statistically significant differences on the scale of depression attributed to the gender and age variable, whilethere is a statistically significant positive relationship between the level of irrational thoughts and the degree of depression in a sample of first-degree burns. The study came up with a set of recommendations, the most important of which are: conducting further studies related to irrational thoughts and depression and linking them to other variables such as personality traits or level of consciousness.