Table 2 Factors associated with burns among under-fives in Kisenyi, Kampala
Variable | Burn history | Multivariable analysis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | PR (95%CI) | p value | |||
n | % | n | % | |||
Individual factors | ||||||
Age of child (in months) | ||||||
0–11 | 10 | 7.41 | 64 | 21.99 | 1 | |
12–23 | 24 | 17.78 | 68 | 23.37 | 2.1 (1.1–4.02) | 0.024** |
24–35 | 39 | 28.89 | 59 | 2..27 | 3.4 (1.92–6.28) | < 0.001** |
36–47 | 36 | 26.67 | 73 | 25.09 | 2.6 (1.45–4.94) | 0.002** |
48–60 | 26 | 19.26 | 27 | 9.28 | 3.8 (2.04–7.07) | < 0.001** |
Zone | ||||||
Church area | 18 | 13.33 | 54 | 18.56 | 1 | |
Kakajjo | 71 | 52.59 | 102 | 35.05 | 1.7 (1.12–2.85) | 0.014** |
Kasaato | 17 | 12.59 | 45 | 15.46 | 1.2 (0.73–2.22) | 0.379 |
Kiganda | 29 | 21.48 | 90 | 30.93 | 1.01 (0.6–1.71) | 0.957 |
Caregivers’ sex | ||||||
Male | 5 | 3.7 | 30 | 10.31 | 1 | |
Female | 130 | 96.3 | 261 | 89.69 | 2.4 (1.08–5.38) | 0.031** |
Caregivers’ education status | ||||||
None | 32 | 23.7 | 68 | 23.37 | 1 | |
Primary | 58 | 42.96 | 99 | 34.02 | 0.98 (0.65–1.48) | 0.956 |
Secondary and above | 45 | 33.33 | 124 | 42.61 | 0.77 (0.51–1.16) | 0.216 |
Alcohol use by caregiver | ||||||
Never | 90 | 66.67 | 212 | 72.85 | 1 | |
Weekly | 18 | 13.33 | 45 | 15.46 | 0.91 (0.59–1.39) | 0.674 |
Daily | 27 | 20 | 34 | 11.68 | 1.28 (0.92–1.78) | 0.136 |
Occupation | ||||||
Employed | 121 | 89.63 | 270 | 92.78 | 1 | |
Unemployed | 14 | 8.22 | 21 | 7.22 | 1.20 (0.76–1.87) | 0.399 |
Marital status | ||||||
Married | 82 | 60.74 | 205 | 70.45 | 1 | |
Widowed | 30 | 22.22 | 59 | 20.27 | 1.25 (0.88–1.78) | 0.207 |
Single | 23 | 17.04 | 27 | 9.28 | 1.56 (1.07–2.29) | 0.020** |
Religion | ||||||
Anglican | 12 | 8.89 | 42 | 14.43 | 1 | |
Pentecostal | 16 | 11.85 | 26 | 8.93 | 1.25 (0.66–2.35) | 0.479 |
Catholic | 62 | 45.93 | 114 | 39.18 | 1.55 (0.88–2.7) | 0.123 |
Muslim | 45 | 33.33 | 109 | 37.46 | 1.38 (0.76–2.52) | 1.282 |
Ethnicity | ||||||
Central | 60 | 44.44 | 14 | 35.74 | 1 | |
Eastern | 17 | 12.59 | 41 | 14.09 | 0.88 (0.55–1.4) | 0.611 |
Migrant | 10 | 7.41 | 49 | 16.84 | 0.5 (0.28–0.91) | 0.025** |
Northern | 18 | 13.33 | 41 | 14.09 | 0.81 (0.52–1.27) | 0.370 |
Western | 30 | 22.22 | 56 | 19.24 | 0.87 (0.62–1.22) | 0.443 |
Wealth quintile | ||||||
Poorest | 25 | 18.52 | 64 | 21.99 | 1 | |
Poor | 35 | 25.93 | 76 | 26.12 | 1.10 (0.68–1.91) | 0.616 |
Middle | 25 | 18.52 | 33 | 11.34 | 1.72 (1.02–2.89) | 0.040** |
Less Poor | 25 | 18.52 | 82 | 28.18 | 0.88 (0.51–1.51) | 0.657 |
Least Poor | 25 | 18.52 | 36 | 12.37 | 1.77 (1.02–3.05) | 0.040** |
Environmental factors | ||||||
Location of cooking area | ||||||
In house | 44 | 32.59 | 130 | 44.67 | 1 | |
In separate building | 6 | 4.44 | 12 | 4.12 | 1.50 (0.76–3.11) | 0.223 |
Outdoors | 85 | 62.96 | 149 | 51.2 | 1.36 (0.98–1.88) | 0.065 |
Overcrowding | ||||||
No | 34 | 25.19 | 93 | 31.96 | 1 | |
Yes | 101 | 74.81 | 198 | 68.04 | 1.18 (0.86–1.62) | 0.291 |
Cooking area accessible to child | ||||||
No | 8 | 5.93 | 30 | 1.31 | 1 | |
Yes | 127 | 94.07 | 261 | 89.69 | 1.67 (0.98–2.83) | 0.058 |
Open fire used for cooking | ||||||
No | 70 | 51.85 | 134 | 46.05 | 1 | |
Yes | 665 | 48.15 | 157 | 53.95 | 0.76 (0.57–1.01) | 0.062 |
Kitchen separate from other room | ||||||
No | 111 | 82.22 | 217 | 74.57 | 1 | |
Yes | 24 | 17.78 | 74 | 25.43 | 0.75 (0.49–1.15) | 0.197 |
Flammables safely stored | ||||||
Yes | 52 | 38.52 | 83 | 61.48 | 1 | |
No | 93 | 31.96 | 198 | 68.04 | 0.61 (0.44–0.83) | 0.002** |