Terminology and methods used to differentiate injury intent of hospital burn patients in South Asia: a systematic scoping review protocol

Systematic Reviews

Protocol

Murad Khan¹  Emily Bebbington²  Rob Poole²  Mohan Kakola³  Parvathy Ramesh⁴  Nia Morris⁵  Atiya Hanif⁶  Catherine Robinson⁷  Rebecca McPhillips⁷  Fatima Bibi⁸ 

[1] Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan;Centre for Mental Health and Society, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Bangor University, LL13 7YP, Bangor, UK;Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns, Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, Mysuru, India;Division of Psychology and Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK;John Spalding Library, Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Wrexham, UK;Lancashire County Council, Burnley, UK;Social Care and Society, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK;Turning Point, 5 Greaves Street, Oldham, UK;

关键词: Burns;    Surveillance;    Injury;    Intent;    Systematic scoping review;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13643-023-02317-y

 received in 2022-08-03, accepted in 2023-08-11,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe greatest proportion of burn injuries globally occur in South Asia, where there are also high numbers of intentional burns. Burn injury prevention efforts are hampered by poor surveillance data on injury intent. There is a plethora of local routinely collected data in the research literature from South Asia that could be used for epidemiological purposes, but it is not known whether the definitions and methods of differentiation of injury intent are sufficiently homogenous to allow valid study comparisons.MethodsWe will conduct a systematic scoping review to understand terminology and methods used to differentiate injury intent of hospital burn patients in South Asia. The objectives of the study are to: determine the breadth of terminology and common terms used for burn injury intent; to determine if definitions are comparable across studies where the same term is used; and to appraise the rigour of methods used to differentiate burn injury intent and suitability for comparison across studies. The databases Embase, MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and PakMediNet will be searched. Screening and data extraction will be completed independently by two reviewers. To be included, the article must be as follows: peer reviewed, primary research, study cutaneous burns, based on hospital patients from a country in South Asia, and use intent terminology or discuss a method of differentiation of injury intent. Results will be restricted to English language studies. No date restrictions will be applied. A plain language summary and terminology section are included for non-specialist readers.DiscussionResults will be used to inform stakeholder work to develop standardised terminology and methods for burn injury intent in South Asia. They will be published open access in peer-reviewed journals wherever possible.Systematic review registrationThis review has been registered with the Open Science Framework (https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/DCYNQ).

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