An epidemiological study of adult female burns patients admitted in a tertiary care hospital
Journal Title: Progress in Health Sciences - Year 2012, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
Purpose: Burn injuries usually results in significant morbidity and mortality around the globe. The study was planned to throw light on exact nature of the incident of burn injury and to gain an insight into epidemiological determinants of burns patients. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted over a period of one year from May 2009 to April 2010. Universal sampling method was employed. All adult female burns patients above 18 years of age who were admitted in burns unit of a tertiary care hospital were included in the study. The patients or legally accepted guardians, in case of serious patients, who did not give consent were excluded from the study. Total number of study participants was 103. A Semi-structured questionnaire was used for obtaining socio-demographic details and details about burns injury. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS-17 version. Institutional Ethics committee approval (Committee for Academic Research Ethics (approval number): 037 / 2009) was obtained. Results: Flame burn was the most common cause of burns accounting for 80.6% of the total burns. Scald burn was seen in 17(16.5%) subjects and electric burn in only 3(2.9%) subjects. Overall case fatality rate was found to be 35%. Conclusion: Total body surface area burnt was found to be significantly associated with mode of burns, marital status, kitchen burns while mortality among burns victims was found to be significantly associated with duration of marriage, mode of burns, total body surface area involved, dowry given and presence of domestic violence
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PS Shrivastava, SR Shrivastava
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