@article{Chaudhary_Shah_Lavaju_Ansari_Shrestha_Badhu_2022, title={Profile of Ocular Trauma during COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown at a Tertiary Center in Eastern Nepal}, volume={4}, url={https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/jbpkihs/article/view/36369}, DOI={10.3126/jbpkihs.v4i2.36369}, abstractNote={<div class="page" title="Page 1"> <div class="section"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <div class="page" title="Page 1"> <div class="section"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p><strong>Background:</strong> Ocular injury is one of the most common causes of visual <span style="font-size: 0.875rem; font-family: ’Noto Sans’, ’Noto Kufi Arabic’, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ’Segoe UI’, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, ’Helvetica Neue’, sans-serif;">blindness worldwide. It is also an important cause of emergency hospital visits. We aimed to study the clinical profile of ocular trauma during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> This cross-sectional study reviewed all the patients who presented with ocular trauma at B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences between 1 April to 30 June 2020. Patient demographics, presenting complaint, duration of presentation, agents, place, settings, pattern, and management of ocular trauma were recorded and reviewed.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> A total of 73 patients presented with ocular trauma during the study period. The mean age of patient was 33.96 ± 18.17 years. Males were more prone to trauma (male: female = 1.66:1). Most of the trauma occurred during household activities (n = 26, 35.6%). Students were the most vulnerable group (n = 26, 35.6%). The duration of presentation to the hospital (mean ± SD) was 1.77 ± 0.99 days . Eleven (15.1%) patients were blind due to trauma (visual acuity < 3/ 60). Blunt object was the main agent (n = 42, 57.5%) and closed globe injury (n = 50, 68.5%) was the main type of ocular trauma during the lockdown. Surgical intervention was required in 32.9% of patients and lid laceration repair (66.7%) was the surgery performed the most.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> Most of the patients suffered ocular trauma during household activities as outdoor activities were restricted during the lockdown period. Ocular trauma was predominant in the males and the students.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div>}, number={2}, journal={Journal of BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences}, author={Chaudhary, Santosh and Shah, Sangeeta and Lavaju, Poonam and Ansari, Zahir and Shrestha, Chandra Bahadur and Badhu, Badri Prasad}, year={2022}, month={Aug.}, pages={24–28} }