TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Profile of ocular trauma in the Solomon Islands
JO  - Clinical and experimental ophthalmology
A1  - Baker, Michelle L.
A1  - Painter, Geoffrey
A1  - Hewitt, Alex W.
A1  - Islam, F. M. Amirul
A1  - Szetu, John
A1  - Qalo, Mundi
A1  - Keeffe, Jill
SP  - 440
EP  - 446
VL  - 42
IS  - 5
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1442-6404
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -