Prevention-oriented epidemiology of burns in Ardabil Provincial Burn Centre, Iran
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Setting and participants
The study was conducted during an 18-month period in 2007–2008 at Fatemi Burn Centre, the provincial referral burn centre in Ardabil province, Northwest Iran. This centre receives burns from a population comprising nine districts, with a population of nearly 1 200 000 people.
In this study, 237 burn victims hospitalised in Ardabil provincial burn centre were enrolled. All burn victims hospitalised at Fatemi University Hospital were enrolled into this study, including early deaths, discharge or
Results
A rough estimation of yearly incidence was determined to be 1.32 by 10 000 person-years. Males constituted 55.7% of victims. Mean age was 21.6 years (95% CI: 19–24.3). Mean and median of age for males were 20.3 and 14.5 years, respectively. Mean and median of age for females were 23.3 and 19 years, respectively. Mean and median of TBSA burned were 20.5% and 15%, respectively. The median TBSA burned was 16.5% (IQR = 18) for females and 15% (IQR = 12) for males, but the difference was not
Discussion
Mean and median TBSA in our study did not differ much from previous hospital-based studies outside Iran [4], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14]. However, greater variation in this entity is reported in studies from Iran. For example, a study from a burn centre in Tehran reports a mean TBSA of 30.6%, while another study in a burn centre in Shiraz determines mean TBSA to be 7.4% [15], [16]. The relatively high figure from the Tehran study can be due to the fact that regional and capital burn centres
Conclusion
Domestic burns among children and young women need to be prioritised in injury-prevention programmes in this area or similar settings. Camping gas stoves, valors and samovars should be considered as important target appliances for burn-specific home safety promotion efforts in Ardabil or similar settings.
Conflict of interest statement
All authors have declared that there is no conflict of interest.
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