Abstract

MONTES DE OCA, Iris; MARTINEZ CAMEJO, José Manuel; CALIXTE SEMANAT, Páusides  and  SELVA SUAREZ, Angel L. Autoagresión por quemaduras. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 1996, vol.12, n.2, pp. 113-119. ISSN 1561-3038.

A transversal epidemiological study of the cases of self-aggression by burns, who received medical attention at the Emergency Department of the Burns Service of the "Dr. Ernesto Guevara de la Serna" Hospital from February, 1993 to February, 1994, was carried out aimed at determining the behaviour of some variables of interest in these cases. Fifty seven cases were studied and the information was collected from the general graph of the burn patient (Model 71-05), and from the statistical records of the Burns Service of the hospital. The main results and conclusions reached are the following: the highest frequency of cases was found in ages between 15 and 24; women were the most affected in all age groups; and kitchen was the place where the self-aggression was committed most of the times. A high degree of association between survival and the presence of previous suicide attempts was detected. Puerto Padre and Jobabo were the municipalities with greatest incidence; whereas alcohol and kerosene were the most used agents. Deep burns predominate in the casuistics.

Keywords : SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; BURNS [epidemiology].