title: Epidemiology of bedside stove burns in a retrospective cohort of 5089 pediatric patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To retrospectively analyze the epidemiological characteristics of pediatric bedside stove burns (PBSB) in China and to explore prevention and control measures.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data on pediatric burns from three hospitals located in the epidemic area were collected from January 1996 to December 2010 and were divided into the PBSB group and the control group. The epidemiological characteristics and related information for each patient were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 16,595 pediatric burns were found, including 5089 PBSB and 11,506 other types of burns. The two groups differed significantly in terms of age, gender, body parts burned, degree of burn, delay of hospitalization, and treatment measures (Ps all<0.05). Risk factors for PBSB included being younger than 3 years old, living in a rural area, low literacy level of guardians, not receiving health education, and lack of a protective fence protection (Ps all<0.05). Furthermore, meal time and winter and spring seasons were high risk periods for PBSB.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The risk factors for PBSB include age, region, time of occurrence, and literacy level of guardians. Health education and installation of a protective fence between the stove and the bed could reduce the incidence of PBSB.
authors.affiliation: Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, No. 253 Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China. Electronic address: cxj-253@163.com.
authors.forename: Xiang-jun
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, No. 253 Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China.
authors.forename: Wei-jing
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, No. 253 Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China; Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Hospital, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China; Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, No.322 Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Datong, Shanxi, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, No. 253 Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China.
authors.forename: De-zhi
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, No. 253 Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China.
authors.forename: Guo-zhen
authors.initials: GZ
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, No. 253 Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China.
authors.forename: De-xiong
authors.initials: DX
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, No. 253 Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-chun
authors.initials: XC
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, No. 253 Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China.
authors.forename: Xing-wei
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.affiliation: Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Hospital, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, No.322 Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Datong, Shanxi, China.
authors.forename: Gong-sheng
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D002056:Burns / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003296:Cooking; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006794:Household Articles; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012621:Seasons; D017678:Sex Distribution
keywords: Bedside stove burn; Epidemiology; Pediatrics; Retrospective study