Epidemiology of burn injuries in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in South India Tiwari Priya1, Kavitha T.C.2,*, Kamath Rajesh3, D'Souza Brayal4, Roja V R5, Kamath Sagarika6 1Final year postgraduate trainee, Master in hospital administration program, Prasanna school of Public health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka 2Associate Professor, School of Management, Karnataka 3Assistant Professor, Prasanna School of Public Health, Karnataka 4Assistant Professor, Prasanna school of Public health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka 5Research Scientist, AIIMS, Raipur 6Assistant Professor, School of Management, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka *Corresponding author: Dr. Kavitha T.C., Associate Professor, School of Management, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka-576104
Online published on 13 December, 2018. Abstract Aim To study the epidemiology of burn injuries in a tertiary care teaching hospital. Materials and methods This study included 100 patients treated for burn injuries by the Department of plastic surgery. The patients were interviewed when they visited the hospital for follow-up. Results The largest age group was 40–49 years(46%). The smallest age group was 18–29 years(10%). Male respondents constituted 63% of the sample. Female respondents constituted 37% of the sample.60% of respondents had secured a tertiary level of education.10% of respondents were illiterate.31% of respondents were unemployed;17% were housewives.47% of respondents were single;53% of respondents were married.50% of respondents took less than 1 month's time to get back to work;5% of respondents took more than 6 months to get back to work. Top Keywords Burn injury, epidemiology, South India. Top |