Demographic and clinical data of participants (n = 47)
Variable | No | % |
Age (mean 38.5, SD 14.9; range 18–79) | ||
18–34 | 20 | 43 |
Sex | ||
Male | 45 | 96 |
Marital status | ||
Married/cohabiting | 31 | 66 |
Divorced | 3 | 6 |
Widowed | 1 | 2 |
Single | 12 | 26 |
Employment status | ||
Professional/skilled | 27 | 57 |
Semiskilled/unskilled | 15 | 32 |
Student | 2 | 4 |
Unemployed | 1 | 2 |
Retired | 2 | 4 |
Experience of previous injury | ||
None | 39 | 83 |
Hand | 4 | 9 |
Facial | 2 | 4 |
Back | 2 | 4 |
Psychiatric history | ||
Yes | 6 | 13 |
Cause of ocular injury | ||
Tools/ machinery | 36 | 77 |
Road traffic | 5 | 11 |
Assault | 5 | 11 |
Sporting | 1 | 1 |
Nature of ocular injury | ||
Penetrating | 32 | 68 |
Blunt | 7 | 15 |
Penetrating/blunt | 4 | 9 |
Chemical | 2 | 4 |
Thermal | 2 | 4 |
Visual loss | ||
None | 18 | 38 |
Partial | 21 | 45 |
Full (visual acuity <3/36) | 8 | 17 |