Burn prevention, first aid and health-seeking behaviour in Nepal, 2017–2018
| Percentage responses* | Indrasarowar, Makwanpur (n=415) | Laxminiya, Dhanusha (n=630) | Ama Chhodingmo, Rasuwa (n=234) | Total % | 95% CI |
| Burn prevention | |||||
| Received education on prevention in the previous 12 months | 13.5 | 10.8 | 6.8 | 10.9 | 9.3 to 12.8 |
| Believe most burns are preventable | 52.3 | 73.8 | 47.4 | 62.0 | 59.3 to 64.7 |
| Believe most people with burns die as a result of their injury | 68.0 | 82.2 | 70.1 | 75.4 | 72.9 to 77.7 |
| Believe that burns can cause bad scars | 85.1 | 96.5 | 85.5 | 90.8 | 89.1 to 92.3 |
| Received first-aid education | |||||
| Received education on first aid in the previous 12 months | 15.7 | 10.5 | 5.6 | 11.3 | 9.6 to 13.1 |
| First aid | |||||
| Use water | 18.3 | 38.6 | 13.2 | 27.4 | 24.9 to 29.9 |
| Tomato | 39.3 | 5.9 | 14.1 | 18.2 | 16.1 to 20.4 |
| Potato paste | 0.0 | 25.4 | 0.0 | 12.5 | 10.7 to 14.4 |
| Aloe vera | 20.0 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 8.1 | 6.6 to 9.7 |
| Honey | 0.0 | 13.3 | 0.0 | 6.6 | 5.3 to 8.1 |
| Lotion/tube medicine | 5.1 | 4.6 | 9.8 | 5.7 | 4.5 to 7.1 |
| Other (in order of frequency mango leaf paste, cow dung, mud, herbs, various oils and plants) | 5.5 | 5.9 | 32.9 | 10.7 | 9.1 to 12.5 |
| Reported that they would not know what to do | 11.8 | 3.8 | 28.2 | 10.9 | 9.2 to 12.7 |
| Clothing catching on fire | |||||
| Stop, drop and roll | 1.7 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 2.5 to 4.6 |
| Smother flames with a cloth | 13.0 | 16.7 | 3.4 | 13.1 | 11.3 to 15 |
| Jump in water | 7.7 | 11.6 | 1.3 | 8.4 | 7 to 10.1 |
| Take off the clothing | 28.4 | 53.8 | 25.6 | 40.4 | 37.7 to 43.2 |
| Pour water | 34.7 | 8.7 | 31.6 | 21.3 | 19.1 to 23.7 |
| Reported that they would not know what to do | 13.0 | 1.7 | 36.3 | 11.7 | 10 to 13.6 |
| Health-seeking behaviour (large or major burn) | |||||
| Hospital immediately after incident | 67.7 | 83.8 | 55.6 | 73.4 | 70.9 to 75.8 |
| Primary healthcare facility† immediately after incident | 29.2 | 15.5 | 40.6 | 24.6 | 22.2 to 27.0 |
| Health-seeking behaviour (minor burn) | |||||
| Manage at home | 33.7 | 37.6 | 34.6 | 35.8 | 33.2 to 38.5 |
| Primary healthcare facility* | 58.3 | 58.6 | 53.0 | 57.5 | 54.7 to 60.2 |
| Hospital | 1.7 | 2.4 | 5.6 | 2.7 | 1.9 to 3.8 |
*Figures have been rounded to one decimal place.
†Mainly health post but some pharmacy.