Profile of Burns Cases and Factors Associated With Mortality in the State of Karnataka, India - A Retrospective Study - Abstract
In a developing country like India, injuries due to burns continue to be a challenging problem. Burns is one of the preventable unintentional injuries, with high fatality in India. Currently, in India there is no formal injury surveillance system and epidemiological data regarding burns cases is very sparse and not systematic. The present study makes an attempt to give a profile of Burns cases availing benefit under different health schemes in Karnataka state.
Methodology: Retrospective data of burns victims from all over Karnataka claiming benefit under different social security schemes of Government of Karnataka between April 2015 and March 2016 was collected from online database of Suvarna Arogya Suraksha Trust
Results: The median age of cases was 28.50 years [Inter quartile range (IQR) 22 and 95% Confidence interval (CI): 27.81 to 30.55). The majority (53.4%) of the victims claiming benefit under the schemes was males and burns was accidental in nature. Nearly half of the cases were treated in the hospitals of Bangalore division. About 72% of them had improved and discharged from the empanelled hospital. The majority of the cases had sustained 3rd-degree burns with duration of the hospital stay between 8 to 30 days.
Conclusion: The burden of burns was more in economically productive age group, especially among males though fatal burns were more among females. TBSA and gender were the significant predictors of the mortality