Table 1 Comparison of different variables in patients with household products poisoning
From: Toxico-clinical study of patients poisoned with household products; a two-year cross-sectional study
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Variables | Hydrochloric acid (N = 10) | sodium hypochlorite (N = 27) | Detergent /shampoo (N = 8) | Petroleum hydrocarbon (N = 18) | Others (N = 16) | combination household products (N = 4) | Total (N = 83) | P value | |
Gender n (%) | Men | 5 (50.0) | 11 (40.7) | 5 (62.5) | 16 (88.9) | 9 (56.3) | 2 (50.0) | 48 (57.8) | 0,51 |
women | 5 (50.0) | 16 (59.3) | 3 (37.5) | 2 (11.1) | 7 (43.8) | 2 (50.0) | 35 (42.2) | ||
Marriage n (%) | Single | 5 (50) | 11 (40.7) | 4 (50) | 9 (50) | 9 (56.3) | 1 (25) | 39 (47) | 0,88 |
Married | 5 (50) | 16 (59.3) | 4 (50) | 9 (50) | 7 (43.8) | 3 (75) | 44 (53) | ||
Nationality n (%) | Iranian | 9 (90) | 25 (92.6) | 8 (100) | 17 (94.4) | 14 (87.5) | 4 (100) | 77 (92.8) | 0.93 |
Other nationality | 1 (10) | 2 (7.4) | 0 (0) | 1 (5.6) | 2 (12.5) | 0 (0) | 6 (7.2) | ||
Age (mean ± SD) | 35.70 ± 15.2 | 35.81 ± 18.27 | 28.38 ± 22.56 | 33.50 ± 13.79 | 33.38 ± 20.19 | 41.75 ± 18.22 | 34.40 ± 17.71 | 0.86 | |
Med (min-max) | 32 (8–26) | 32 (6–70) | 22 (6–63) | 31.50 (6–68) | 32 (6–78) | 35.5 (28–68) | 32 (6–78) | ||
Number of children per family | 0 | 3 (37.5) | 12 (57.1) | 4 (80) | 12 (58.3) | 7 (58.3) | 1 (50) | 39 (61.9) | 0.76 |
1 | 2 (25) | 3 (14.3) | 0 (0) | 1 (6.7) | 2 (16.7) | 0 (0) | 8 (12.7) | ||
> 1 | 3 (37.5) | 6 (28.6) | 1 (20) | 2 (13.3) | 3 (25) | 1 (50) | 16 (25.4) | ||
Type of admission | Transfer from other centers | 0 (0) | 2 (7.4) | 0 (0) | 1 (5.6) | 2 (12.5) | 0 (0) | 5 (6) | 0.8 |
Emergency services | 0 (0) | 3 (11.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (12.5) | 0 (0) | 5 (6) | ||
Admission in Hospital | 10 (100) | 22 (81.5) | 8 (100) | 17 (94.4) | 12 (75) | 4 (100) | 73 (88) | ||
Route of exposure | Ingestion | 8 (80) | 25 (92.6) | 8 (100) | 18 (100) | 14 (87.5) | 2 (50) | 75 (90.4) | 0.25 |
inhalation | 1 (10) | 2 (7.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (50) | 5 (6) | ||
Dermal | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (6.3) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.2) | ||
Combination* | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (6.3) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.2) | ||
Unknown | 1 (10) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.2) | ||
Type of poisoning | suicidal | 5 (50) | 10 (37) | 1 (12.5) | 1 (5.6) | 4 (25) | 1 (25) | 22 (26.5) | 0.02 |
Accidental | 5 (50) | 15 (55.6) | 6 (75) | 14 (77.8) | 11 (68.8) | 2 (50) | 53 (63.9) | ||
Unknown | 0 (0) | 2 (7.4) | 1 (12.5) | 3 (16.7) | 1 (6.3) | 1 (25) | 8 (9.6) | ||
Place of poisoning | Home | 6 (60) | 21 (77.8) | 4 (50) | 4 (22.2) | 11 (68.8) | 3 (75) | 49 (59) | 0.00 |
Work place | 4 (40) | 3 (11.1) | 1 (12.5) | 10 (55.6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 18 (21.7) | ||
Other places | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (18.8) | 0 (0) | 3 (3.6) | ||
Unknown | 0 (0) | 3 (11.1) | 3 (37.5) | 4 (22.2) | 2 (12.5) | 1 (25) | 13 (15.7) | ||
History of Addiction | Yes | 0 (0) | 5 (18.5) | 0 (0) | 2 (11.1) | 2 (12.5) | 0 (0) | 9 (10.8) | 0.74 |
kind of addiction | Opium | 0 (0) | 1 (3.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.2) | 0.99 |
Heroin | 0 (0) | 1 (3.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.2) | ||
Cigarette | 0 (0) | 1 (3.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (12.5) | 0 (0) | 3 (3.6) | ||
other | 0 (0) | 1 (3.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.2) | ||
combination | 0 (0) | 1 (3.7) | 1 (5.6) | 1 (5.6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.4) | ||
Not mentioned | 10 (100) | 22 (81.5) | 8 (100) | 17 (94.4) | 14 (87,5) | 4 (100) | 75 (90.4) | ||
history of psychological problems | Yes | 2 (20) | 1 (3.7) | 1 (12.5) | 0 (0) | 3 (18.8) | 0 (0) | 7 (8.4) | 0.27 |
Under the treatment of psychiatrist | Yes | 2 (20) | 1 (3.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (12.5) | 0 (0) | 5 (6) | 0.23 |
History of Suicide | Yes | 1 (10) | 1 (3.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (6.3) | 0 (0) | 3 (3.6) | 0.73 |
history of suicide in Family | Yes | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (12.5) | 0 (0) | 1 (6.3) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.4) | 0.21 |
History of medical disorder | Yes | 2 (20) | 5 (18.5) | 3 (37.5) | 2 (11.1) | 4 (25) | 1 (25) | 17 (20.5) | 0.69 |
History of Drugs | Yes | 4 (40) | 5 (18.5) | 1 (12.5) | 2 (11.1) | 6 (37.5) | 1 (25) | 19 (22.9) | 0.31 |
Time from exposure to hospital admission (hours) | 3.1 ± 4.8 | 2.4 ± 6.07 | 2.5 ± 2.2 | 2.11 ± 2.2 | 1.3 ± 1.18 | 1.7 ± 1.1 | 2.22 ± 4.01 | 0.95 | |
Mean ± SD (median, minimum-maximum) | (2, .10–13.74) | (1, 0–30) | (2, 0.5–6.75) | (1.35,0.5–8.50) | (1, 0.5–4) | (2, 0.5–2.70) | (1, 0–30) | ||