Table 1 The prevalence of ocular events and it’s relationship with pattern of safety eye goggle use
From: Work-related ocular events among Nigerian dental surgeons
Ocular events | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
None | Foreign body | Splash | Both | × 2 | P-value | ||
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||||
Characteristics | |||||||
Age (years) | 10.62 | 0.014 | |||||
≤30 | 27 (34.2) | 34 (43.0) | 7 (8.9) | 11 (13.9) | |||
>30 | 14 (20.3) | 22 (31.9) | 11 (15.9) | 22 (31.9) | |||
Gender | 4.24 | 0.237 | |||||
Male | 21 (24.1) | 31 (35.6) | 14 (16.1) | 21 (24.1) | |||
Female | 20 (32.8) | 25 (41.0) | 4 (6.6) | 12 (19.7) | |||
Years of practice | 8.76 | 0.033 | |||||
≤5 | 33 (30.0) | 45 (40.9) | 14 (12.7) | 18 (16.4) | |||
>5 | 8 (21.1) | 11 (28.9) | 4 (10.5) | 15 (39.5) | |||
Medicated glasses | 0.11 | 0.991 | |||||
Yes | 13 (27.7) | 17 (36.2) | 6 (12.8) | 11 (23.4) | |||
No | 28 (27.7) | 39 (38.6) | 12 (11.9) | 22 (21.8) | |||
Average number treated patients per day | 0.77 | 0.858 | |||||
≥3 | 24 (28.2) | 34 (40.0) | 10 (11.8) | 17 (20.0) | |||
>3 | 17 (27.0) | 22 (34.9) | 8 (12.7) | 16 (25.4) | |||
Receipt of hepatitis-B vaccination | 2.50 | 0.475 | |||||
Yes | 30(25.9) | 43 (37.1) | 14 (12.1) | 29 (25.0) | |||
No | 11 (34.4) | 13 (40.6) | 4 (12.5) | 4 (12.5) | |||
Total | 56 (38.4) | 18 (12.2) | 33 (22.3) | 41 (27.7) | |||
Safety eye goggle use | |||||||
Never | 10 (17.9) | 4 (22.2) | 8 (24.2) | 10 (24.4) | 32 (21.3) | 23.65 | 0.023 |
Rarely | 18 (32.1) | 3 (16.7) | 12 (36.4) | 4 (9.8) | 37 (25.0) | ||
Occasionally | 10 (17.9) | 6 (33.3) | 1 (3.0) | 12 (29.3) | 29 (19.6) | ||
Sometimes | 16 (28.6) | 2 (11.1) | 11 (33.3) | 10 (24.4) | 39 (26.4) | ||
Always | 2 (3.6) | 3 (16.7) | 1 (3.0) | 5 (12.2) | 11 (7.4) | ||
Total | 56 (100.0) | 18 (100.0) | 33 (100.0) | 41 (100.0) | 148 (100.0) | ||