Table 7.

Multivariate logistic regression analysis between characteristics of ocular injuries and visual outcome

Characteristic	Number reported	Number with poor visual outcome	AOR‡	p-value
Occupation
Public/civil servant	27	4(14.8)	–	–
Student/pupil	85	18(21.2)	1.6	0.44
artisans	9	2(22.2)	1.6	0.60
Trading	36	12(33.3)	2.9	0.10
Retired	12	4(33.3)	2.9	0.20
Farming	32	14(43.8)	4.5	0.02
Time of reporting
Within 24hrs	79	1(1.3)	–	–
After 24hrs	102	51(50.0)	78.0	<0.001
Admission status
Out-patient	159	27(17.0)	–	–
In-patient	42	27(64.3)	8.8	<0.001
Type of injury
Close globe	109	8(7.3)	–	–
Open globe	57	46(80.7)	52.8	<0.001
Place of injury
Home	74	12(16.2)	–	–
School	29	6(20.7)	1.3	0.59
Road	29	11(37.9)	3.1	0.020
Work-place	56	21(37.5)	3.1	0.007
Agent of injury
Chemical	9	0(0.0)	–	–
Blunt	81	15(18.5)	6.5 x107	<0.001
Sharp	41	18(43.9)	2.2 x108	<0.001
Projectile	10	6(60)	4.3 x108	<0.001

^‡AOR: adjusted odds ratio