Module on Preventing Fire, Burns and Scalds Injury Among Children

University of Putra Malaysia (UPM)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Burn Injury

Treatments: Behavioral: Knowledge and Attitude on burn prevention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03618940

Child Fire and Burn Injury

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main aim of this intervention study is to test the hypothesis if school based educational intervention program will significantly improve the knowledge of primary school student on childhood burn prevention in Kuala Lumpur. The secondary aim the evaluate the association of demographics background, burn injury history with knowledge on burn. The study was conducted in 12 primary school in Kuala Lumpur from 1st January 2015 to 31st December 2017 in three different phases.

Full description

According to World Health Organization data, approximately 10% of all unintentional injury deaths are due to fire-related burns. In Malaysia, burn represent about 5.6% (745 cases) of all injuries among children. As childhood burn was not considered as a child health problem comparing to other childhood illnesses, parents and children tends to have less priority in overcome this issue. This highlights the need to transfer the knowledge especially to the children on the burn prevention. By implementing this module on preventing fire, burns and scalds injury among children, knowledge on main causes of burns and their immediate management can be improved at young age.

Enrollment: 2,335 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 11 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Students who are aged 7 till 11 years old
• Parent or guardian of each selected student above

Exclusion criteria

● Students under special needs class (Pendidikan Khas)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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2,335 participants in 1 patient group

School-based educational intervention

Experimental group

Description:

1. assessed for knowledge and attitude on burn injury prevention 2. underwent the School-based educational intervention 3. impact evaluation 4. Output evaluation 3 months after School-based educational intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: Knowledge and Attitude on burn prevention