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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices toward First Aid Management of Skin Burns in Saudi Arabia
Background: Burns are considered a serious health affection that leads to several consequences affecting a person both physically and emotionally. Herbal and traditional medicine have become popular remedies among patients worldwide. Aim: This study explores common practices followed in burns as fir...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8870400/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35200264 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/clinpract12010013 |
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author | Al Dhafiri, Mahdi Kaliyadan, Feroze Alghadeer, Mohammed A. AL-Jaziri, Zainab Y. Alabdulmuhsin, Zainab A. Alaithan, Zainab A. |
author_facet | Al Dhafiri, Mahdi Kaliyadan, Feroze Alghadeer, Mohammed A. AL-Jaziri, Zainab Y. Alabdulmuhsin, Zainab A. Alaithan, Zainab A. |
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description | Background: Burns are considered a serious health affection that leads to several consequences affecting a person both physically and emotionally. Herbal and traditional medicine have become popular remedies among patients worldwide. Aim: This study explores common practices followed in burns as first aid management. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia using a designed questionnaire distributed electronically through different social media. The questionnaire consisted of socio-demographic details, history of burns, causative material, and practices followed in response to burns. Results: 461 individuals have participated in this study. The commonest reason for burns was hot water or steam. The majority of the respondents (63%) had a satisfactory response to self-aid alone at home. The most common first aid options for managing burns at home were cold water alone 195 (42%), any sort of cream alone 177 (38%), or both 317 (69%). Overall, the result shows no statistically significant difference between the outcome of burn injury and the most commonly used burn aids. Conclusions: Most people use creams and water as the first-aid management of burns, while a good number of people use traditional medicine. Overall, people who receive hospital treatment after getting first aid at home give a better outcome. |
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spelling | pubmed-88704002022-02-25 Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices toward First Aid Management of Skin Burns in Saudi Arabia Al Dhafiri, Mahdi Kaliyadan, Feroze Alghadeer, Mohammed A. AL-Jaziri, Zainab Y. Alabdulmuhsin, Zainab A. Alaithan, Zainab A. Clin Pract Article Background: Burns are considered a serious health affection that leads to several consequences affecting a person both physically and emotionally. Herbal and traditional medicine have become popular remedies among patients worldwide. Aim: This study explores common practices followed in burns as first aid management. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia using a designed questionnaire distributed electronically through different social media. The questionnaire consisted of socio-demographic details, history of burns, causative material, and practices followed in response to burns. Results: 461 individuals have participated in this study. The commonest reason for burns was hot water or steam. The majority of the respondents (63%) had a satisfactory response to self-aid alone at home. The most common first aid options for managing burns at home were cold water alone 195 (42%), any sort of cream alone 177 (38%), or both 317 (69%). Overall, the result shows no statistically significant difference between the outcome of burn injury and the most commonly used burn aids. Conclusions: Most people use creams and water as the first-aid management of burns, while a good number of people use traditional medicine. Overall, people who receive hospital treatment after getting first aid at home give a better outcome. MDPI 2022-02-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8870400/ /pubmed/35200264 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/clinpract12010013 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Al Dhafiri, Mahdi Kaliyadan, Feroze Alghadeer, Mohammed A. AL-Jaziri, Zainab Y. Alabdulmuhsin, Zainab A. Alaithan, Zainab A. Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices toward First Aid Management of Skin Burns in Saudi Arabia |
title | Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices toward First Aid Management of Skin Burns in Saudi Arabia |
title_full | Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices toward First Aid Management of Skin Burns in Saudi Arabia |
title_fullStr | Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices toward First Aid Management of Skin Burns in Saudi Arabia |
title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices toward First Aid Management of Skin Burns in Saudi Arabia |
title_short | Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices toward First Aid Management of Skin Burns in Saudi Arabia |
title_sort | knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward first aid management of skin burns in saudi arabia |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8870400/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35200264 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/clinpract12010013 |
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