Epidemiology of eye injuries in rural Tanzania
| Autor: | Susan Vitale, Deepa Abraham, Sheila K. West, I. Isseme |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Adult
Male Rural Population medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Visual acuity genetic structures Adolescent Eye Diseases Epidemiology Ruptured Globe Visual Acuity Poison control Tanzania Eye injuries Age Distribution Eye Injuries Injury prevention medicine Humans Sex Distribution Child Rupture biology business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Incidence Infant Middle Aged medicine.disease biology.organism_classification eye diseases Ophthalmology Child Preschool Female Medical emergency medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Ophthalmic epidemiology. 6(2) |
| ISSN: | 0928-6586 |
| Popis: | In the developing world, ocular trauma is an important cause of monocular blindness. However, little is known about the epidemiology of eye injuries in rural Africa. This study presents five- year data on hospitalized ocular injuries in a rural region in Tanzania. Data were collected from Mvumi Hospital, a tertiary hospital serving rural Dodoma, and the only hospital during this time period able to care for serious trauma. All in-patient charts from January 1, 1985 to December 31, 1989 were reviewed for cases of ocular trauma who presented within 30 days of injury. Data on demographics, cause of injury, visual acuity, and current diagnosis were abstracted. A total of 157 cases were recorded, of whom 69% were male. A third of the injuries occurred in those less than age 20. Injury with a stick was the most common cause, accounting for 67% of the cases. A third of the cases presented to the hospital 8 or more days after the injury, and most had poor visual acuity in the affected eye. In those age 20 or younger, 82% of females and 67% of males presented with visual acuity |
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