en تخصصي Special مقالات اصيل Original Article <h2 style="text-align:justify; margin-top:11px; margin-bottom:5px"><span style="font-size:16pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Aptos Display&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#0f4761"><span style="font-weight:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Background</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">: Burn injuries remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality, imposing significant burdens on healthcare systems worldwide. Understanding the patterns and associated factors of burn injuries can inform prevention and treatment strategies. We aimed to characterize the burn incidents and their correlation with the location of occurrence.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2> <h2 style="text-align:justify; margin-top:11px; margin-bottom:5px"><span style="font-size:16pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Aptos Display&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#0f4761"><span style="font-weight:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Methods: </span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">This retrospective study analyzed data from 1,659 patients with burn injuries admitted to Amir-Al Momenin Hospital in Shiraz, Iran, between 2020 and 2022. Patient data, including age, sex, burn etiology, location, education level, outcome, extent of injury, and hospitalization duration, were analyzed using descriptive statistics and correlation assessments.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2> <h2 style="text-align:justify; margin-top:11px; margin-bottom:5px"><span style="font-size:16pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Aptos Display&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#0f4761"><span style="font-weight:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Results: </span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Most patients were aged 18 to 64 years (63.3%), and 72% were male. Most burns occurred at home (69.9%), with explosions (32.9%) as the most common cause. Education level below diploma was most common (46.99%). Median hospitalization duration was 10 days, and most patients fully recovered (70.8%). Significant correlations were found between burn location and age, gender, education, and etiology (<i>P</i><0.05). No significant correlations were observed between location and extent of injury, outcome, or hospitalization duration.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2> <h2 style="text-align:justify; margin-top:11px; margin-bottom:5px"><span style="font-size:16pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Aptos Display&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#0f4761"><span style="font-weight:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Conclusions</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">: Home-based burns remain the most prevalent, with clear demographic associations. These findings highlight the importance of targeted prevention and educational programs, particularly for military housing environments where similar risk factors may exist.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2> Burns, Epidemiology, Home Safety, Demographic Factors 0 0 http://wjps.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1052-8&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Nima Nikkhoo 100319475328460017912 100319475328460017912 Yes Medical School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Ali Akbar Mohammadi 100319475328460017913 100319475328460017913 No Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Yegane Faghihi 100319475328460017914 100319475328460017914 No Medical School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Marzie Mansoori 100319475328460017915 100319475328460017915 No Burn & Wound Healing Research Center, Amir-al-Momenin Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Mitra Zardosht 100319475328460017916 100319475328460017916 No Burn & Wound Healing Research Center, Amir-al-Momenin Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Mohammad Dehbozorgi 100319475328460017917 100319475328460017917 No Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran