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Citation
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Sadeghi-Bazargani H, Mohammadi R, Amiri S, Syedi N, Tabrizi A, Irandoost P, Safiri S. BMC Public Health 2016; 16(1): 209. |
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Affiliation
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Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. saeidsafiri@gmail.com. |
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Abstract
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BACKGROUND: Burn injuries are considered one of the most preventable public health issue among children; however, are a cause of significant morbidity and mortality in Iran. The aim of this study was to assess individual-level predictors of severe burn injuries among children leading to hospitalization, in East Azerbaijan Province, in North-West of Iran.
METHODS: The study was conducted through a hospital based case-control design involving 281 burn victims and 273 hospital-based controls who were frequency matched on age, gender and urbanity. Both bivariate and multivariate methods were used to analyze the data.
RESULTS: Mean age of the participants was 40.5 months (95 % CI: 37-44) with the majority of burns occurring at ages between 2 months-13.9 years. It was demonstrated that with increase in the caregiver's age there was a decrease in the odds of burn injuries (OR = 0.94, 95 % CI: 0.92-0.97). According to the multivariate logistic regression there were independent factors associated with burn injuries including childhood ADHD (OR = 2.82, 95 % CI: 1.68 - 4.76), child's age (OR = 0.73, 95%CI: 0.67 - 0.80), flammability of clothing (OR = 1.60, 95 % CI: 1.12 - 2.28), daily length of watching television (OR = 1.31, 95 % CI: 1.06 - 1.61), playing outdoors (OR = 1.32, 95 % CI: 1.16 - 1.50) and increment in the economic status (OR = 1.37, 95 % CI: 1.18 - 1.60).
CONCLUSION: Major risk predictors of burn injuries among the Iranian population included childhood ADHD, child's age, watching television, playing outdoors, high economic status and flammable clothing.
Language: en |