Ocular trauma among patients attending a tertiary teaching hospital in Zimbabwe.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate the trends, prevalence and distribution of ocular trauma in a Zimbabwean Tertiary Teaching Hospital (Parirenyatwa).

Method

A hospital-based retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted at the Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, Sekuru Kaguvi Eye Department in Harare, Zimbabwe, to review medical records of patients with ocular trauma visiting for treatment at the outpatient department between January 2017 and December 2021. Information on patients' demographics, presenting visual acuity, type of ocular trauma, and the number of eyes affected were collected and analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics.

Results

A total of 863 patients (1007 eyes) were identified to have experienced ocular trauma of one kind or another, with the youth

SUBMITTER: Kyei S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10550172 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature