Abstract

INTRODUCTION:VISUAL OUTCOME IN OCULAR TRAUMA IS INFLEUNCED BY AVAILABLE SERVICES. WE TRIED TO STUDY VISUAL OUTCOME RELATED TO REPORTING TIME TO TERTIARY EYE CARE CENTER FOLLOWING INJURY
METHOD:IN THIS PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY WE COLLECTED ALL TRAUMATIC CATARACT DATA IN PRE TESTED ONLINE FORMAT BETWEEN 2010 TO 2022. WE STUDIED DEMOGRAPHIC AND CLINICAL DATA BY SPSS 22 USING DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS AND CROSS TABULATION.
RESULT:OUR COHORT CONSISTED 1016 EYES WITH MEDIAN AGE 23 YEARS 267(26.3%) FEMALES ,749(73.7%) MALES.CONSIDERING SOCIOECONOMICAL CATEGORY 88% WERE FROM POOR CLASS. 92.1% WERE FROM RURAL AREAS. MEDIAN DISTANCE TRAVELLING TO BASE HOSPITAL 52 KMS. 31.8% REPORTED FROM CAMPS AND 64.2% WERE SELF REPORTING.ONLY 14.4% REPORTED WITHING 24 HOURS. WE DID NOT FIND SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN VISUAL OUTCOME RELATED TO SOCIO ECONOMIC,HABITATE, DISTANCE BUT SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE WAS FOUND WITH REPORTING TIME.
CONCLUSION:REPORTING TIME TO HOSPITAL HAS SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON VISUAL OUTCOME.