PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Alexander, David A
AU  - Kemp, Rachel V
AU  - Klein, Susan
AU  - Forrester, John V
TI  - Psychiatric sequelae and psychosocial adjustment following ocular trauma: a retrospective pilot study
AID  - 10.1136/bjo.85.5.560
DP  - 2001 May 01
TA  - British Journal of Ophthalmology
PG  - 560--562
VI  - 85
IP  - 5
4099  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/85/5/560.short
4100  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/85/5/560.full
SO  - Br J Ophthalmol2001 May 01; 85
AB  - AIMS To identify the prevalence of psychiatric and adjustment problems after ocular trauma and those factors related to a poor outcome. METHODS 47 patients were assessed by structured interview, of whom 45 satisfactorily completed three standardised self report measures of psychological functioning, subjective distress, and social adjustment. RESULTS 33% of patients displayed psychiatric “caseness”. A number of features of the victim consistently resulted in poor outcome including a psychiatric history and peritraumatic dissociation. CONCLUSION These preliminary findings suggest ocular trauma is associated with psychomorbidity and problems of adjustment. The improved management of such patients would benefit from a more detailed analysis by means of a longitudinal study involving larger samples.