Epidemiological profile and visual outcome of ocular trauma in a referral center in northeastern Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Costa,Elaine de Paula Fiod
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Gomes,Thais Mota, Mendes,Thailon Azevedo, Campos,Marcos Adriano Garcia, Bertrand,Romero Henrique Carvalho, Pinto,Luciano Moreira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-72802019000500310
• topic: Eye injuries/epidemiology; Eye injuries/prevention & control; Morbidity; Prognosis

Abstract Objectives: To evaluate the epidemiological profile and prognosis of patients with mechanical ocular trauma. Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional observational study of consecutive patients evaluated during a one-year period at a public referral center in São Luis, Maranhão, Brazil. The Ocular Trauma Score (OTS) was used to estimate final visual acuity. The variables were analyzed using the chi-square test with a significance level of 5%. Results: Out of a total of 154 patients (mean age of 30.1 years), 27.92% were younger than 16 years, and 81.8% were men, with most coming from the state's countryside (55.2%). Most of the patients were dependents (34%) or rural workers (19%). Regarding the OTS prognosis, 33.77% of the patients were category 5 and 31.16% category 1 or 2, indicating worse prognosis. The best prognoses (visual outcomes) were inversely proportional to age and time to treatment (p<0.001). Conclusion: Ocular trauma remains an important cause of ocular morbidity in childhood and in informal work. Adult supervision and socio-educational measures are mandatory to change this scenario.