Risk factors for corneal abrasions in Nepal: a community-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

South Asia is experiencing rapid urbanization, which may be changing the risk factor profile for ocular trauma. The objective of this study was to compare risk factors for traumatic corneal abrasions in rural versus urban Nepal, and to assess if any risk factors were associated with a poor outcome.

Methods

In a prospective, cross-sectional, community-based study performed as part of a cluster-randomized trial, community health workers from Nepal were trained to diagnose and treat traumatic corneal abrasions. Participants with an abrasion were invited to complete a risk factor survey. The main exposure variable was the object of eye injury, stratified by rural-urban residence. The main outcome measure was a lack of corneal healing after a three-day course of antimi

SUBMITTER: Brekke SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10966037 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature