Table 3 Medical and ocular history of the inmates
From: Prevalence and factors associated with ocular morbidity among prisoners of Luzira prison (Uganda)
Variable | n (percentage) |
|---|---|
Ocular history | |
Wear spectacles | 50 (13.6) |
Participants reported eye complaints | 201 (54.8) |
Eye complaints reported (n = 201) | |
Itchiness | 94 (46.8) |
Eye pain | 29 (14.4) |
Tearing | 73 (36.3) |
Discharge | 7 (3.5) |
Reduced distant vision | 63 (31.3) |
Reduced near vision | 91 (45.3) |
Foreign body sensation | 42 (20.9) |
Others | 27 (13.4) |
History of eye evaluation prior to incarceration | 31 (8.5) |
History of eye trauma | 19 (5.2) |
Duration of trauma (n = 19) | |
Days | 4 (21.1) |
Months | 2 (10.5) |
Years | 12 (63.2) |
Visual effects from trauma | 8 (42.1) |
History of surgical operation | 3 (0.8) |
Medical history (N = 367) | |
Has diabetes | 4 (1.1) |
Hypertensive | 43 (11.7) |
Hypertensive on medication | 11 (25.6) |
Chronic diseases (n = 73) | 73 (19.9) |
HIV | 69 (94.5) |
Chronic medications (n = 73) | 68 (91.9) |
HIV status | |
Positive | 72 (19.6) |
Negative | 293 (79.8) |
Unknown status | 2 (0.5) |