Individual-level predictors of inpatient childhood burn injuries: a case–control study

BMC Public Health

Research Article

Aydin Tabrizi¹  Poupak Irandoost¹  Saeid Safiri²  Shahrokh Amiri³  Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani⁴  Naeema Syedi⁵  Reza Mohammadi⁶ 

[1] Child Health Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran;Managerial Epidemiology Research Center, Department of Public Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Maragheh, Iran;Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;Research Center of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran;Road Traffic Injury Research Center, Department of Statistics & Epidemiology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran;School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, South Australia, Australia;WHO Collaborating Center on Community Safety Promotion, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden;

关键词: Burns;    Injuries;    Risk factors;    Child;    Epidemiology;    Predictors;    Case- control studies;    Iran;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12889-016-2799-1

 received in 2015-04-07, accepted in 2016-02-01,  发布年份 2016

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundBurn 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.MethodsThe 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.ResultsMean 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).ConclusionMajor 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.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© Sadeghi-Bazargani et al. 2016