Causes and Characteristics of Occupational Eye Injuries in Western Turkey

NCT ID: NCT01317316

Last Updated: 2011-03-17

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 816 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2007-01-31
• Study Completion Date: 2011-01-31

Brief Summary

Patients with work-related eye injuries (WREI) admitted to the center in the four-year period were enrolled in this prospective study. Institutional Review Board approval was obtained before commencement of the study. A special data recording system was developed for the study. The study sample comprised only the casualties occurred at workplace and while working de facto. The data were abstracted via face to face contact in the emergency department (ED). The data sheets comprised sociodemographic and injury-related information brought together in 15-item questionnaire. Causes of occupational injuries as reported by the victims were assigned to either of two groups: "Worker-related causes" and "workplace-related causes".

Since workers are known to be pressured by the workplace to work in unsafe ways, an isolated room in the ED was used for this purpose in order to prevent bias and the patients were not accompanied by any person other than the medical personnel in charge of due medical care. The patients were also assured that the information obtained by the survey are to be used for research purposes only and no feedback is to be given to employers or related persons.

Patients who did not give consent for the study, fatal accidents and patients younger than 15 years of age were excluded from the analysis.

Detailed Description

All data obtained in the study were recorded in and analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences for Windows, Version 17. Numerical variables were given as mean and standard deviation (SD), while categorical variables were given as frequencies (n) and percentages.

Conditions

Other and Unspecified Superficial Injuries of Eye

Study Design

• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• The study sample comprised only the casualties occurred at workplace and while working de facto

Exclusion Criteria

• Other

• Minimum Eligible Age: 15 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Pamukkale University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

emergency department

Principal Investigators

mustafa serinken, MD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Pamukkale University

Other Identifiers

Serinken 003

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id