@article{ref1,
title="Profile of ocular trauma in the Solomon Islands",
journal="Clinical and experimental ophthalmology",
year="2014",
author="Baker, Michelle L. and Painter, Geoffrey and Hewitt, Alex W. and Islam, F. M. Amirul and Szetu, John and Qalo, Mundi and Keeffe, Jill",
volume="42",
number="5",
pages="440-446",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to characterize the causes of ocular trauma and determine the risk factors for infection and vision loss following ocular trauma in the Solomon Islands. <br><br>DESIGN: A prospective clinic-based study. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 507 patients with ocular trauma who were reviewed at the National Referral Hospital in Honiara or one of five provincial eye clinics were included. <br><br>METHODS: An interview-based questionnaire to determine the circumstances of ocular trauma, and an ocular examination to elicit the trauma sustained,infectious sequelae and the visual outcome. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Visual acuity. <br><br>RESULTS: Males were significantly more likely to have ocular trauma than females (P = 0.01). The major cause of ocular trauma in young boys and girls was being poked by a stick, followed by lime burns in young boys. For both genders, physical violence resulted in most injuries across all adult age groups. Microbial keratitis complicated 4.4% of ocular trauma. Monocular vision impairment (<6/18) occurred in 5.5% of participants and was more likely to occur if female (P = 0.02). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Ocular trauma is a significant cause of visual morbidity in the Solomon Islands. The results from this prospective study provide a basis for planning blindness prevention programmes in the Western Pacific.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1442-6404",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}