بررسي علل مرتبط با سوختگي در بيماران بستري در بخش سوختگي بيمارستان شهيد بهشتي ياسوج - 1380

Causes and Materials of Burning among the Patients Hospitalized in Yasuj Shahid Beheshti Hospital 1380

Introduction and Objective: Burning is one of the worst traurnas that a person might experience in his/her life. In addition to remarkable physical and psychological complications, extensive burning involves expenses for both the patientʹs family and the society. This study was carried out to determine the causes and materials related to burning among the patients hospitalized in the burning ward of Shahid Beheshti Hospital In Yasuj. Materials and Methods: Subjects of the study were 104 patients suffering from burning who were hospitalized in the burning ward of Shahid Beheshti Hospital in Yasuj. For data collection. a questionnaire interview with the patients or review the medical charts The data were analyzed by SPSS software. Results: Findings showed that 66,4% of the cases were accidental burning and 346% cases were self-burning. The major substance rn the accidental cases included hot liquids, mainly boiling water and tea, and the major material used in self-burning was oil 24% of patients were children under the age of 13 and burning among this group was accidental. 97.2 percent of all the self-burning cases were among women, while 58.8% of the accidental burning cases occurred among men. 86.6% of accidental cases happened due to nonobservance of safety rules and 55.6% of the selfburning cases were under the influence of familial conflict, especially lack of understanding among spouses. A statistically significant relationship was found between the type of burning and age, sex. body surface area (percentage), depth of burning and mortality rate. Conclusion Children are among the groups mostly susceptible to accidental burning. These cases usually occur at home. This type of burning can be prevented through general training for appropnate use of combustible materials and observing the associated safety rules. In order to offer consultative programs, self-burning cases require psychological and sociological considerations