en تخصصي Special مقالات اصيل Original Article BACKGROUND<br> Burn injuries still negatively influence the various aspects of life like physical performance and quality of life. This study was conducted to investigate at-dismissal self-care compact disk-based instruction program on the physical performance life quality of the patients with burns.<br> METHODS<br> &nbsp;One-hundred burn patients in Shahid Motahhari Burn Center, Tehran, Iran were randomly assigned to two equal groups of intervention (n=50) and control (n=50). The latter received only routine dismissal self-care program and the former an instruction compact disc plus the routine self-care program at dismissal. The demographic information and burn patients&rsquo; quality of life questionnaires were completed before and at months three and six after the intervention self-report program.&nbsp;<br> RESULTS<br> The physical performance of the intervention and control groups before intervention was 1.61&plusmn;0.71 and 1.45&plusmn;0.47, respectively (p=0.41). The physical performance of the intervention group was higher than the control group at three and six months after the intervention (p<0.001).&nbsp;<br> CONCLUSION<br> At-dismissal self-care compact disk-based instruction program can increase physical performance and quality of life in patients with burns. Therefore, the burn patients can be instructed based on self-care compact disk-based instruction program as an easy, available and less-costly method to take part in more satisfied treatment. Self-care, Burn, Physical performance, Quality of life, Iran 25 32 http://wjps.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-414-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Leila Mamashli mamashli3153@yahoo.com 10031947532846006460 10031947532846006460 No Islamic Azad University, Ali Abad Katoul Branch, Ali Abad Katoul, Iran Fatemeh Mohaddes Ardebili mohaddes.f@iums.ac.ir 10031947532846006461 10031947532846006461 Yes Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Mehri Bozorgnejad bozorgnejad.m@iums.ac.ir 10031947532846006462 10031947532846006462 No Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Tahereh Najafi Ghezeljeh taherehpaniz@gmail.com 10031947532846006463 10031947532846006463 No Department of Critical Care Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Farzad Manafi taherehpaniz@gmail.com 10031947532846006464 10031947532846006464 No Burn Research Center, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran