Table 6.
Associations between patient/injury characteristics and visual outcome
| Characteristic | Visual outcome | Total | χ2 | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | Borderline | Poor | ||||
| Gender | 1.2 | 0.56 | ||||
| Male | 73(57.5) | 22(17.3) | 32(25.2) | 127 | ||
| Female | 43(58.1) | 9(12.2) | 22(29.7) | 74 | ||
| Time of reporting | 76.1 | <0.001 | ||||
| Within 24hrs | 73(92.4) | 5(6.3) | 1(1.3) | 79 | ||
| After 24hrs | 29(28.4) | 22(21.6) | 51(50) | 102 | ||
| Occupation | 22.0 | 0.03 | ||||
| Fishing | 1(50) | 1(50) | 0(0) | 2 | ||
| Public/civil servant | 21(77.8) | 2(7.4) | 4(14.8) | 27 | ||
| Student/pupil | 53(63.9) | 12(14.5) | 18(21.7) | 83 | ||
| artisans | 5(55.6) | 2(22.2) | 2(22.2) | 9 | ||
| Retired | 8(66.7) | 0(0) | 4(33.3) | 12 | ||
| Trading | 19(52.8) | 5(13.9) | 12(33.3) | 36 | ||
| Farming | 9(28.1) | 9(28.1) | 14(43.8) | 32 | ||
| Type of Injury | 21.1 | 0.001 | ||||
| Mechanical Globe | 84(50.6) | 28(16.9) | 54(32.5) | 166 | ||
| Non-mechanical Globe | 8(88.9) | 1(11.1) | 0(0) | 9 | ||
| Non-globe | 24(92.3) | 2(7.7) | 0(0) | 26 | ||
| Place of injury | 19.9 | 0.01 | ||||
| Sports/recreation | 5(100) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 5 | ||
| Home | 53 (71.6) | 9(12.2) | 12(16.2) | 74 | ||
| School | 17(58.6) | 6(20.7) | 6(20.7) | 29 | ||
| Road | 16(55.2) | 2(6.9) | 11(37.9) | 29 | ||
| Work | 23(41.1) | 12(21.4) | 21(37.5) | 56 | ||
| Agent of injury | 26.5 | 0.001 | ||||
| Chemical | 9(100) | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) | 9 | ||
| Blunt | 51(63) | 15(18.5) | 15(18.5) | 81 | ||
| Sharp | 18(43.9) | 5(21.2) | 18(43.9) | 41 | ||
| Projectile | 3(30.0) | 1(10.0) | 6(60) | 10 | ||
| Thermal/radiation | 0(0.0) | 1(100.0) | 0(0.0) | 1 | ||