• Raquel Pan, Paola Maria Freitas Dos Santos, Isabella Luiz Resende, Kleiton Gonçalves do Nascimento, José Adorno, Marco Túlio Rodrigues da Cunha, and FreitasNoélle de OliveiraNO0000-0001-6742-5247PhD. Professor, Postgraduate Program in Nursing, Universidade de Guarulhos (UNG), Guarulhos (SP), Brazil..
• PhD. Adjunct Professor, Department of Nursing in Hospital Assistance, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM), Uberaba (MG), Brazil.
• Sao Paulo Med J. 2023 Jan 1; 141 (1): 4114-11.

BackgroundDue to "stay at home" restrictions during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, people spent more time at home leading to an increase in home accidents, including burns.ObjectiveTo investigate the epidemiology of burns that occurred within homes during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.Design And SettingsThis was a quantitative, descriptive, and cross-sectional study with a non-probabilistic sample.MethodsData were collected through the distribution of survey links on social networking sites and websites, and through email between December 2020 and February 2021. Participants were over 18 years of age, living in Brazil. Data analysis was performed using descriptive and dispersion statistics.ResultsA total of 939 adults (aged > 18 years) participated in this study. The mean age was 37.2 years (standard deviation [SD] = 12.5), 75.6% were female, 70.0% self-reported white skin color, 74% had completed higher education, and 28.1% had an income of 3 to 6 times the monthly minimum wage. A total of 21.6% suffered burns during the pandemic, 44.3% from a hot object. Approximately 49.3% never had access to a burn prevention campaign.ConclusionIt is necessary to develop burn prevention strategies that reach a wider population and to strengthen public policies to reduce the prevalence of domestic burns, especially during the pandemic.

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