Table 1 Demographics of 161 patients (169 eyes) in 2002–2004 versus 120 patients (121 eyes) in 2012–2014 hospitalized for ocular trauma.
From: Major ocular trauma in Taiwan: 2002–2004 versus 2012–2014
Characteristics | No. of patients (%) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
2002–2004 | 2012–2014 | ||
Age, years, mean ± SD (range) | 41.9 ± 20.8 (1.8–91) | 51.8 ± 19.3 (2–91) | <0.001a |
Male | 39.1 ± 18.1 (4–86) | 49.2 ± 17.1 (2–83) | <0.001a |
Female | 50.6 ± 25.7 (1.8–91) | 59.5 ± 22.8 (13–91) | 0.13 |
Sex | 0.76 | ||
Male | 122 (75.8) | 89 (74.2) | |
Female | 39 (24.2) | 31 (25.8) | |
Eye injured | 0.13 | ||
Right | 74 (46.0) | 54 (45.0) | 0.87 |
Left | 79 (49.1) | 65 (54.2) | 0.40 |
Both | 8 (5.0) | 1 (0.8) | 0.05 |
Source of referral | 0.09 | ||
Directly visiting our Emergency Department | 68 (42.2) | 63 (52.5) | 0.13 |
Local practitioners | 70 (43.5) | 46 (38.3) | 0.39 |
Local hospitals | 20 (12.4) | 7 (5.8) | 0.06 |
Other medical centres | 3 (1.9) | 4 (3.3) | 0.43 |
Follow-up, mean ± SD, months (range) | 5.8 ± 7.2 (2 d–36 mo) | 6.6 ± 4.7 (2 w–23 mo) | 0.25 |
