Incidence and risk factors of burn injuries among infants, Finland 1990–2010

Descriptive epidemiological study of burn admissions to the Burns Intensive Care Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi-Ghana, 2009–2016

“…Many other studies have reported similar results, with reduction in burns morbidity [14][15][16][17]. This trend could be attributed to the increase in burn awareness through prevention campaigns.…”

“…With regards to employment status, the bulk (47%) of the patients were children (< 15 years) of which 67% were toddlers (≥ 3 years) and the rest were pupils (6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15). About 41% were employed, while 12%…”

“…There was, however, a female dominance for age ranges [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] years and 60-80 years. Female dominance in the stated age groups owes to the active involvement of females in these age ranges in cooking and other domestic activities with high burn risk [26].…”

The long-term health-related quality of life in children treated for burns as infants 5–9 years earlier

“…Burn size and site, age at injury time, and treatment given of the respondents did not differ from those of the whole child population approached which implies that our results can be generalized to all children asked to participate in the survey, i.e., to all infants having been treated for a burn in our hospital from 2005 to 2009. We have previously demonstrated specific risk factors for a burn in this age group, namely first-born males, mothers' young age, low socioeconomic status, and lack of education [23]. The fairly low response activity (35%) in the present study may also partly be explained by a low socioeconomic status, lack of education and unfamiliarity with answering the questionnaires of the respondents and their families.…”

“…Consequently, the most obvious physical handicap after a burn is scarring, leading to limited physical function and even body image dissatisfaction [19][20][21]. The majority of infant contact burns are located on the hands [22,23], and the consequent developmental delay in motor and fine-motor skills may result in problems, for example, in learning to write.…”