Effects of early rehabilitation in improvement of paediatric burnt hands function

Table 1 Demographic and medical characteristics of the population

Groups	Within 1 mo	More than 1 mo	P value
Number of patients	26	26
Sex			0.548
Male (n)	19	17
Female (n)	7	9
Age at injury, mean ± SD (yr)	5.35 ± 4.32	5.46 ± 4.33	0.924
Hand injury			0.105
Palm of hand	7	3
Dorsum of hand	2	0
Palm and dorsum of hand	17	23
Etiology (n)			0.188
Scald	9	8
Fire/flame	5	10
Electricity	3	0
Plastic surgery	9	8
Length of stay, mean ± SD (d)	47.65 ± 44.95	27.50 ± 24.75	0.051
Rehabilitation length of stay, mean ± SD (d)	17.96 ± 25.24	22.19 ± 18.65	0.495
time post injury of Rehabilitation, mean ± SD (d)	17.62 ± 5.09	107.58 ± 62.18	0.000
Education level of parents			0.659
Primary school	5	7
Middle school	16	16
college	5	3
Live			0.358
Urban	6	9
Suburban	20	17