[Home ] [Archive]    
:: Current Issue :: Search :: Submit an Article ::
:: Volume 6, Issue 4 (2014) ::
Iran J War Public Health 2014, 6(4): 137-142 Back to browse issues page
Daily Activity of Adolescent Victims of Landmine and Unexploded Ordnance
Z. Ganjparvar1, B. Mousavi1, Sh. Khateri1, M.R. Soroush1, M. Masoumi *2, H. Shokoohi3
1- Janbazan Medical and Engineering Research Center, Tehran, Iran
2- Janbazan Medical and Engineering Research Center, Tehran, Iran , masoumi48@gmail.com
3- Emergency Medicine Department, George Washington University, Washington DC, USA
Abstract:   (6536 Views)

Aims: Physical and psychological complications due to the explosion of mine and unexploded ordnances affect the level of individual and social performance of the victims. The aim of this study was to determine the level of performance and dependency level in adolescent victims of landmine and unexploded ordnance in activities of daily living.

Materials & Methods: In this cross sectional study of descriptive-analytical type that was done in 2009, 78 injured teenagers by explosion of mine and unexploded ordnance in five border provinces were studied using census sampling method. All the victims were invited to participate in the health monitoring national plan. Tools for data collection were demographic and Barthel Index questionnaires. Data were analyzed by SPSS 18 software using Pearson correlation, independent T and one-way ANOVA tests.

Findings: The mean age of participants was 16.11±1.99 years and the mean score of total activities of daily living was 84.28±17.22. The most need for help was related to the movement on uneven surfaces and dressing and the lowest disability was related to eating and bowel control. There were significant correlations between sex (p=0.006), educational status (p=0.05) and disability rate (p=0.05) and the mean score of activities of daily living.

Conclusion: Performance of mine victims in activities of daily living is in a relatively good level and this people are independent in doing the most of activities of daily living.

Keywords: Adolescent, Weapons, Amputation, Traumatic, Activities of Daily Living
Full-Text [PDF 414 kb]   (1623 Downloads)    
Article Type: Original Research | Subject: Rehabilitation of Veterans or Handicapped
Received: 2014/05/14 | Accepted: 2014/05/26 | Published: 2014/10/4
* Corresponding Author Address: Janbazan Medical and Engineering Research Center, No. 17, Farrokh Street, Moqaddas-e-Ardebili Street,
English Expanded Abstract [HTML 21 KB]  (64 Download)
Send email to the article author

Add your comments about this article
Your username or Email:

CAPTCHA


XML     Print


Download citation:
BibTeX | RIS | EndNote | Medlars | ProCite | Reference Manager | RefWorks
Send citation to:

Ganjparvar Z, Mousavi B, Khateri S, Soroush M, Masoumi M, Shokoohi H. Daily Activity of Adolescent Victims of Landmine and Unexploded Ordnance. Iran J War Public Health 2014; 6 (4) :137-142
URL: http://ijwph.ir/article-1-407-en.html


Rights and permissions
Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Volume 6, Issue 4 (2014) Back to browse issues page
مجله طب جانباز Iranian Journal of War and Public Health
Persian site map - English site map - Created in 0.05 seconds with 31 queries by YEKTAWEB 4570