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[Accidents in the ocular area in children. An epidemiologic study and the medicosocial implications]
L Spineanu1, R Spineanu, S Cheregi
1Secţia de Oftalmologie, Spitalul Clinic Judeţean, Oradea.
Insights
Most childhood ocular accidents are preventable, not random events. Understanding risk factors like the child, the cause, and social context is key to effective prevention strategies and reducing long-term vision impairment.
Area of Science:
- Ophthalmology
- Public Health
- Pediatrics
Context:
- Childhood ocular accidents represent a significant public health concern.
- Previous studies have focused on specific causes, but a comprehensive analysis of epidemiological and medico-social factors is lacking.
- Understanding the interplay of individual, agent, and environmental factors is crucial for developing targeted interventions.
Purpose:
- To analyze the epidemiology and medico-social implications of 202 childhood ocular accidents.
- To identify key contributing factors (person, agent, context) in ocular accidents.
- To evaluate the preventability of these accidents and discuss prophylactic measures.
Summary:
- A study of 202 childhood ocular accidents identified three primary contributing factors: the individual child, the causative agent, and the socio-environmental context.
- Analysis revealed that most ocular accidents are not unforeseeable but are avoidable through targeted preventive strategies.
- The study emphasizes the significant medico-social impact, including the potential for permanent invalidating consequences.
Impact:
- Provides evidence-based insights for developing effective prevention programs for childhood eye injuries.
- Highlights the importance of a multi-faceted approach considering individual, environmental, and social factors.
- Informs public health policy and clinical practice to reduce the incidence and severity of pediatric ocular trauma.
Abstract:
The authors have studied 202 ocular accidents with children, with a special insistence on epidemiology and medico-social implications. The accidents entail three important factors: the person liable to have an ocular accident, the agent provocateur, and a favourable human-social context. These factors were deeply analysed through a lot of parameters in a correlative manner. The authors demonstrate that the representative accidents are not usually unforeseeable incidents but they are avoidable and they have a prophylaxis with large means that can be applied. There were also attacked medico-social implications of the ocular accidents with a special insistence on the potential of invalidating consequences.