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Table 3 Distribution of the types of trauma and place of occurrence by age

From: Epidemiological findings of childhood ocular trauma in a public hospital in Colombia

 

0.91–5 years

6–10 years

11–15 years

P Valuea

n = 20

n = 21

n = 20

 

Type of trauma %(n)

Closed Globe (n = 35)

  Contusion

22.73 (5)

40.91 (9)

36.36 (8)

0.73

  Lamellar laceration

15.38(2)

53.85 (7)

30.77 (4)

 

Open Globe (n = 9)

   

0.44

  Rupture

0 (0)

0 (0)

100 (1)

 

  Penetrating

0 (0)

62.5 (5)

37.5 (3)

 

Without Globe involvement (n = 17)

   

0.83

  Fracture

57.14 (4)

14.29 (1)

28.57 (2)

 

  Eyelid

40 (4)

20 (2)

40 (4)

 

Place % (n)

  Home

40.0 (6)

20.33 (5)

22.73 (5)

 

  School

0 (0)

0 (0)

9.09 (2)

 

  Street

20 (3)

29.17 (7)

45.45(10)

 

  Others

6.67 (1)

29.17 (7)

13.64 (3)

0.17

  Non-refer

33.33 (5)

20.83 (5)

9.09 (2)

 
  1. aP value obtained by Fisher’s exact test