Observational studyEye (London, England)2014
The incidence of serious eye injury in Scotland: a prospective study.
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- Sex-based differences in ocular trauma: a systematic review with narrative synthesis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Presenting clinical characteristics of open globe injuries in ocular trauma: baseline analysis of cases in the ASCOT national clinical trial.Eye (London, England) · 2023Trial
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- COVID-19 pandemic impact on ocular trauma in a tertiary hospital.International journal of ophthalmology · 2023Article
- Open Globe Injury in a Tertiary Hospital of Northern Thailand: No Vision Survival and Ocular Trauma Score.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Article
- Ophthalmology Resident Ophthalmic Trauma Case Exposure: Trends Over Time and an ACGME Case Log Analysis.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2022Article
- Progression to severe visual impairment and blindness in POAG patients: pace and risk factors-a cohort study using German health claims data.BMJ open ophthalmology · 2022Article
- Incidence, individual, and macro level risk factors of severe binocular visual impairment and blindness in persons aged 50 and older.PloS one · 2021Observational
- Trainee confidence managing ocular trauma.Eye (London, England) · 2019Article
- Clinical characteristics and outcomes of open globe injuries in Japan.Japanese journal of ophthalmology · 2019Observational
- Socioeconomic deprivation and serious ocular trauma in Scotland: a national prospective study.The British journal of ophthalmology · 2017Article
- A Retrospective Study on Clinical Features and Visual Outcome of Patients Hospitalized for Ocular Trauma in Cangzhou, China.Journal of ophthalmology · 2017Article
- The UK Paediatric Ocular Trauma Study 1 (POTS1): development of a global standardized protocol for prospective data collection in pediatric ocular trauma.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2017Article
- Trends in serious ocular trauma in Scotland.Eye (London, England) · 2015Observational
- Comment on 'The incidence of serious eye injury in Scotland: a prospective study'.Eye (London, England) · 2015Article
- Response to Fu et al.Eye (London, England) · 2015Article
- Preventable eye injuries while fly fishing.Eye (London, England) · 2014Article
- Low vision rehabilitation and ocular problems among industrial workers in a developing country.Malaysian family physician : the official journal of the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia · 2014Article
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Abstract
purposeOcular trauma remains an important cause of visual morbidity worldwide. A previous population-based study in Scotland reported a 1-year cumulative incidence of 8.14 per 100 000 population. The purpose of this study was to identify any change in the incidence and pattern of serious ocular trauma in Scotland.
methodsThis study was a 1-year prospective observational study using the British Ophthalmological Surveillance Unit reporting scheme among Scottish ophthalmologists. Serious ocular trauma was defined as requiring hospital admission. Data were collected using two questionnaires for each patient 1 year apart.
resultsThe response rate from ophthalmologists was 77.1%. There were 102 patients reported with complete data giving an incidence of 1.96 per 100 000 population, four times less than in 1992. In patients younger than 65 years, the age-adjusted incidence ratio (males/females) indicated a ninefold higher risk of trauma in males. In 25 patients (27.2%), the injured eye was blind (final visual acuities (FVA) <6/60), 24 being attributable to the eye injury. Standardised morbidity ratios suggested a threefold decrease in risk of poor visual outcome in 2009 compared with 1992.
conclusionsThe incidence of serious ocular trauma has fallen; this study has shown hospital admission for serious eye injury in Scotland has decreased fourfold in 17 years. Young adult males continue to be at highest risk, which needs to be specifically addressed in future health-prevention strategies. This study also observed a reduction in visual loss from serious ocular injuries, although the reasons for this require further exploration.
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