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.
To study the epidemiology of burn injuries in a tertiary care teaching hospital.
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.
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.
Burn injury, epidemiology, South India
