Socio-Epidemiological Study of Burn Patients in PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India

Burn is a major health problem that cause of mortality, morbidity and psychosocial problems. The aim of this study was to evaluate the epidemiology of burns in this part of the world. In this prospective study 314 burn patients admitted in Pt. B. D. Sharma, PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India from Oct 2012 to Sep 2013 were studied. Maximum number of burn patients were in the age group of 21-40 years (44.90%), with male preponderance (57.96%), 99.36% patients were belonging to Hindu community. Burn injuries were more from rural area (83.43%) than urban area (16.56%). 167 (53.18%) patients were with a family income less than 5000 rupees, 145 (46.17%) patients were literate. Most common mode of burn was flame in 53.50% patients, followed by scalds in 32.16% cases, electrical burn in 11.46% cases and chemical burn in 2.86% cases. No first aid was given in 67.5% of cases. Majority of burns occurred accidentally. In urban population, scald forms the most common type of burn in children (51.92%) and adult females (9.61%). In rural population flame burn is the leading type of burn in adult female (26.33%) and adult males (27.09%) while scald remains the most common burn in children (23.66%). TBSA burn was maximum in the age group of 20-40 years (43.48±18.99%) and minimum in 0-5 yrs age group (20.88±13.61%). Average hospital stay and mortality increases proportionately with the increase in TBSA burn. For implementation of an effective burn prevention program, study of its epidemiological features in a specified region contributes a lot.