Journal article
Demographic risk factors of self-immolation: A case-control study
BURNS, Vol.35(4), pp.580-586
06/01/2009
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2008.06.012
PMID: 19264410
Abstract
Objective: To investigate demographic risk factors for self-immolation patients.
Methods: In a case-control study, 30 consecutive cases of deliberate self-inflicted burns admitted to the regional Burn centre (Imam Khomeini hospital in Kermanshah province, Iran) were compared with 30 controls who were selected from the community and matched by gender, age, and living area. All cases and controls were reviewed for demographic variables, including: age, gender, living area, family size, marital status, bearing and number of children, Body Mass Index (BMI), birth order, employment state, educational status, early school drop-out, and parent/guardian employment status.
Results: Two variables emerged as related to risk of self-immolation. Being the first or last child in family birth order was associated with increased risk of self-immolation. Moreover, among the married participants, having children was associated with decreased risk of self-immolation. The comparisons of other variables were not statistically significant. in multivariate analyses, none of the variables predicted risk for self-immolation.
Conclusion: This study suggests that being the first or last child of a family might be a risk factor for self-immolation. For married persons, having children might serve as a protective factor from self-immolation. Other variables such as family size, marital status, number of children, BMI, employment state, educational status, early school drop-out, and parent/guardian employment status did not play a role as individually protective or risk factors for self-immolation. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd and ISBI. All rights reserved.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Demographic risk factors of self-immolation: A case-control study
- Creators
- Alireza Ahmadi - Kermanshah University of Medical SciencesReza Mohammadi - Karolinska InstitutetDavid C. Schwebel - University of Alabama at BirminghamHabibolah Khazaie - Kermanshah University of Medical SciencesNaser Yeganeh - Kermanshah University of Medical SciencesAfshin Almasi - Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- BURNS, Vol.35(4), pp.580-586
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.burns.2008.06.012
- PMID
- 19264410
- NLM abbreviation
- Burns
- ISSN
- 0305-4179
- eISSN
- 1879-1409
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 7
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/01/2009
- Academic Unit
- Research Administration
- Record Identifier
- 9984949473802771
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