Epidemiology of ocular trauma in Australia

McCarty, CA; Fu, Cara L; Taylor, Hugh R.

doi:10.1016/s0161-6420(99)90361-5

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“…Study done by Poon et al in rural area of Tanzania showed that wood chips was the most common offending agent,observed in worker and farmers. 5,9,10 In our study we found a significant correlation between age of ocular trauma and location of injury, in paediatric age group most common location of injury was school and play ground, while Thompson et al reported that most of injuries in paediatric population took place at home. This difference was because playing behaviour of Indian children was different from Australian children.…”

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Epidemiological study of ocular trauma in SNMC and HSK hospital Bagalkot

2020

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Aim: To study the epidemiology of ocular trauma in a medical college hospital in North Karnataka region. Materials and Methods: Demographic data, detail history and ocular examination were done for all the patients who presented to our hospital between the periods of August 2016 to April 2017 with any ocular trauma. Data were collected and analyzed using Open-Epi software. Result: 104 patients presented to our hospital during the time period of 9months.The mean age of trauma was 32.78 with SD 16.97. Male ( 65.38%) were more affected than female(34.61%).57.69% were from rural and 42.3% were from urban. Ocular trauma mostly occurs between 30-50 years (41.3%). Home, road and field were the most common location of ocular injury. Foreign body, stick and lime were the most common offending agent. The association between age of ocular trauma and location of injury and occupation was clinically significant with p value 0.05 and 0.041 respectively. The association between gender and location of injury was clinically significant with p value 0.0013 but occupation and gender of ocular trauma was clinically not significant with p value 0.08. Conclusion: Considering the prevalence, middle aged men are more vulnerable to ocular trauma mostly while working at field or driving. Prognosis might be challenging. Appropriate education for eye protection and use of safety measures, would help in reducing ocular morbidity. Educating for timely treatment and intervention after injury is helpful for saving vision.

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Epidemiological study of ocular trauma in SNMC and HSK hospital Bagalkot

2020

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“…The home was also a common location of ocular trauma in Victoria, accounting for 24% of incident locations [1], and in the United States, accounting for between 41% [7] to 44.6% [19] of locations. Again, the differences in the methodology of these studies, particularly the different case definitions adopted for injury severity, are likely to contribute to different proportions found for the locations of the injurious incident.…”

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“…There is limited population-based information regarding the incidence and type of ocular trauma experienced by individuals [1]. From what is known, it appears that men are more likely to sustain an eye injury than women [1][2][3][4][5][6].…”

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Hospitalised Eye Injuries in New South Wales, Australia

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Mitchell²

2009

TOEPIJ

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Abstract:Purpose: This is the first population-based descriptive study of hospitalised eye injuries in New South Wales (NSW), Australia that also estimates the cost of these injures to the health system. The purpose is to describe the incidence and cause of hospitalised eye injuries in NSW from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2005.Method: Hospitalised eye injuries in NSW were obtained from information recorded in the NSW Admitted Patients Data Collection and were identified using relevant International Classification of Disease, version 10 Australian modification (ICD-10-AM) codes pertaining to eye injury. Results:The annual rate of hospitalised eye injuries for NSW residents was 25.5 per 100,000 population. Males had higher rates of hospitalisation than females and males 20-24 years and females aged 85 years or over had the highest rates of hospitalisation for each gender. Injuries of the eye and orbit were the most common type of injury (40.8%) and interpersonal violence was the most common type of injury mechanism (27.4%). The home was the most common specified location of the incident and eye injuries were identified as work-related in 9.8% of cases. Conclusions:Eye injuries are an important cause of hospitalised injury in NSW. Preventive approaches to ocular trauma should be promoted to populations identified at risk.

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“…Açık glob travmalarında yaralanma zonu hasarlı dokunun globun en posterioruna uzanan kısmına göre, kapalı glob travmalarında doku yaralanmasına göre zonlara ayrılarak belirlenmektedir (23). Açık glob yaralanmalarına keskin ya da penetre yaralanmalar neden olmaktadır (8). Bu sınıflamaya göre çalışma-mızda açık ya da kapalı glob travmaları arasında istatistiksel bir fark bulunmadı.…”

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