The research was divided into two parts, on the one hand retrospective descriptive method was used in the research using medical records where the participants were all children, 18 years of age or younger, that visited the children´s ward for treatment of burn wounds in the years between 2008 and 2012 (n = 60).
Rannsóknin skiptist í tvo hluta, annarsvegar var hún afturvirk lýsandi rannsókn úr sjúkraskrám þar sem þátttakendur voru öll börn, 18 ára og yngri, sem komu á barnadeildina vegna brunasára á húð á árunum 2008-2012 (n = 60).