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ArticleClinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.)2022

The Demographic and Social Characteristics of Patients with Ocular Foreign Bodies in a Greek Tertiary Hospital.

Panagiotis Kousiouris, Nikolaos Gouliopoulos, Anastasia Kourtesa, Georgios S Dimtsas, Klio Chatzistefanou, Nikolaos Bouratzis, Maria Kantzanou, Marilita M Moschos

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Article in Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Panagiotis Kousiouris *1st Department of Ophthalmology, University of Athens Medical School, G. Gennimatas Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Nikolaos Gouliopoulos *2nd Department of Ophthalmology, University of Athens Medical School, Attikon Hospital, Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-4154-1597
Anastasia Kourtesa *1st Department of Ophthalmology, University of Athens Medical School, G. Gennimatas Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Georgios S Dimtsas1st Department of Ophthalmology, University of Athens Medical School, G. Gennimatas Hospital, Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-1583-0931
Klio Chatzistefanou1st Department of Ophthalmology, University of Athens Medical School, G. Gennimatas Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Nikolaos Bouratzis2nd Department of Ophthalmology, University of Athens Medical School, Attikon Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Maria KantzanouDepartment of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-4299-9882
Marilita M Moschos1st Department of Ophthalmology, University of Athens Medical School, G. Gennimatas Hospital, Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-3361-9523
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: To present the demographic and social characteristics of patients with ocular foreign bodies (OFB), who visit the Ophthalmological Outpatient Department of a tertiary hospital in Athens, Greece. Patients and Methods: During the period January-March 2019, 5181 patients presented to the Ophthalmological Outpatient Department of our hospital, and 543 of them were diagnosed with an ocular foreign body. Moreover, 106 of them were interviewed about their demographic and social factors, regarding among others data about their occupation, level of education, nationality, family, and insurance status. Results: The patients with ocular foreign bodies were significantly younger compared to the rest of the examined patients (49.5±13.9 vs 56.3±17 years, p<0.001). Moreover, the ocular foreign bodies were more frequent in men compared to women (15.5% vs 5.0%, p<0.001) and in non-Greek patients (23.7% vs 9.2%, p<0.001). Regarding the social characteristics of the patients with ocular foreign bodies, we found that the majority of them were married, employed, insured, while their educational status was middle and high school. Furthermore, the vast majority of the patients practiced manual professions (73.1% of them). Conclusion: We documented that the introduction of an ocular foreign body is frequently encountered in the Outpatient Department of our tertiary hospital in Athens, Greece. We also demonstrated that these patients are younger, while they are more frequently men, of non-Greek origin, with an educational status of middle and high school, and their occupation is associated with manual labour.

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