Table 1.

Variables for ocular chemical eye injuries in pre-COVID era and COVID era

Variables	Pre-COVID Era	COVID Era	p value
Number of patients (n (%))	102 (81.6%)	23 (18.4%)
Gender (n (%))
Male	84 (82.4%)	19 (82.6%)
Female	18 (17.6%)	4 (17.4%)	0.977
Ages
Child (≤ 18 years) (n (%))	5 (4.9%)	4 (17.4%)	0.036*
Adult (> 18 years) (n (%))	97 (95.1%)	19 (82.6%)
Chemical agent (n (%))
Alkaline	49 (48.0%)	8 (34.8%)
Acid	37 (36.3%)	7 (30.4%)
Other/mixed	16 (15.7%)	8 (34.8%)	0.107
Chemical agent Alcohol based – hand sanitizer subtype (n (%))
Child	0 (0%)	3 (75%)	0.048*
Total	3 (3.1%)	4 (21.1%)	0.003*

*p < 0.05 was considered significant