title: Individual-level predictors of inpatient childhood burn injuries: a case-control study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Burn injuries are considered one of the most preventable public health issue among children; however, are a cause of significant morbidity and mortality in Iran. The aim of this study was to assess individual-level predictors of severe burn injuries among children leading to hospitalization, in East Azerbaijan Province, in North-West of Iran.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was conducted through a hospital based case-control design involving 281 burn victims and 273 hospital-based controls who were frequency matched on age, gender and urbanity. Both bivariate and multivariate methods were used to analyze the data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean age of the participants was 40.5 months (95 % CI: 37-44) with the majority of burns occurring at ages between 2 months-13.9 years. It was demonstrated that with increase in the caregiver's age there was a decrease in the odds of burn injuries (OR = 0.94, 95 % CI: 0.92-0.97). According to the multivariate logistic regression there were independent factors associated with burn injuries including childhood ADHD (OR = 2.82, 95 % CI: 1.68 - 4.76), child's age (OR = 0.73, 95%CI: 0.67 - 0.80), flammability of clothing (OR = 1.60, 95 % CI: 1.12 - 2.28), daily length of watching television (OR = 1.31, 95 % CI: 1.06 - 1.61), playing outdoors (OR = 1.32, 95 % CI: 1.16 - 1.50) and increment in the economic status (OR = 1.37, 95 % CI: 1.18 - 1.60).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Major risk predictors of burn injuries among the Iranian population included childhood ADHD, child's age, watching television, playing outdoors, high economic status and flammable clothing.
authors.affiliation: Road Traffic Injury Research Center, Department of Statistics & Epidemiology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Homayoun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sadeghi-Bazargani
authors.affiliation: WHO Collaborating Center on Community Safety Promotion, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mohammadi
authors.affiliation: Research Center of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Shahrokh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Amiri
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, South Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: Naeema
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Syedi
authors.affiliation: Child Health Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Aydin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tabrizi
authors.affiliation: Child Health Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Poupak
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Irandoost
authors.affiliation: Managerial Epidemiology Research Center, Department of Public Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Maragheh, Iran. saeidsafiri@gmail.com.|Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. saeidsafiri@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Saeid
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Safiri
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000453:epidemiology; D002056:Burns / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003020:Clothing / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007297:Inpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D010988:Play and Playthings; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013690:Television / Q000706:statistics & numerical data