Table 4: Association of the demographic characteristics with the severity of injury of ocular trauma.

 

OTS 5

(n=1731)

OTS 4

(n=146)

OTS 3

(n=50)

OTS 2

(n=11)

OTS 1

(n=52)

p-value

Age

 

 

 

 

 

<0.001*

   0 – 17

291 (16.81%)

35 (23.97%)

16 (32.00%)

4 (36.36%)

8 (15.38%)

 

   18 – 59

1362 (78.68%)

57 (39.04%)

32 (64.00%)

7 (63.64%)

38 (73.08%)

 

   60 and above

78 (4.51%)

54 (36.99%)

2 (4.00%)

0 (0.00%)

6 (11.54%)

 

Gender

 

 

 

 

 

0.002*

   Male

1310 (75.68%)

111 (76.03%)

27 (54.00%)

9 (81.82%)

46 (88.46%)

 

   Female

421 (24.32%)

35 (23.97%)

23 (46.00%)

2 (18.18%)

6 (11.54%)

 

Mechanism

 

 

 

 

 

<0.001*

    Blunt

777 (44.89%)

88 (60.27%)

6 (12.00%)

0 (0.00%)

13 (25.00%)

 

    Projectile

937 (54.13%)

49 (33.56%)

26 (52.00%)

5 (45.45%)

19 (36.54%)

 

    Sharp

17 (0.98%)

9 (6.16%)

18 (36.00%)

6 (54.55%)

20 (38.46%)

 

Object

 

 

 

 

 

<0.001*

    Shrapnel

870 (50.26%)

40 (27.40%)

31 (62.00%)

10 (90.91%)

27 (51.92%)

 

    MVC

441 (25.48%)

56 (38.26%)

1 (2.00%)

0 (0.00%)

3 (5.77%)

 

    Organic

157 (9.07%)

14 (9.59%)

3 (6.00%)

0 (0.00%)

4 (7.69%)

 

    Wood

14 (0.81%)

4 (2.74%)

14 (28.00%)

1 (9.09%)

10 (19.23%)

 

    Mauling

249 (14.38%)

32 (21.92%)

1 (2.00%)

0 (0.00%)

8 (15.38%)

 

Zone of the Globe

 

 

 

 

 

<0.001*

    Zone 1

1086 (62.74%)

70 (47.95%)

44 (88.00%)

11 (100.00)

47 (90.38%)

 

    Zone 2

572 (33.04%)

60 (41.10%)

5 (10.00%)

0 (0.00%)

5 (9.62%)

 

    Zone 3

73 (4.22%)

16 (10.96%)

1 (2.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

 

Place

 

 

 

 

 

<0.001*

    Home

118 (6.82%)

26 (17.81%)

17 (34.00%)

4 (36.36%)

10 (19.23%)

 

    Public place

952 (55.00%)

109 (74.66%)

27 (54.00%)

1 (9.09%)

9 (17.31%)

 

    Workplace

661 (38.19%)

11 (7.53%)

6 (12.00%)

6 (54.55%)

33 (63.46%)

 

*Significant at 0.05 level