Ocular Trauma Patient Profiles and Visual Outcomes in Northeastern Brazil

A one-year observational study of 154 patients with mechanical ocular trauma at a public referral center in São Luis, Maranhão, Brazil. The dataset includes patient demographics, occupation, trauma details, and visual acuity prognosis using the Ocular Trauma Score (OTS). The research was conducted by Elaine de Paula Fiod Costa.

Use Cases

• Analyzing demographic risk factors for ocular trauma based on age, gender, and occupation data.
• Modeling the relationship between time to treatment and final visual acuity based on the OTS prognosis categories.
• Studying the epidemiology of work-related injuries based on the high proportion of rural workers and dependents.
• Investigating pediatric ocular morbidity based on the significant proportion of patients younger than 16 years.

Strengths

• Includes 154 patient records with a mean age of 30.1 years.
• Provides specific demographic breakdowns: 27.92% under 16 years, 81.8% male, 55.2% from the state's countryside.
• Uses a standardized clinical scoring system (Ocular Trauma Score) to estimate visual outcomes.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a single referral center in northeastern Brazil.

Provenance

Source

Elaine de Paula Fiod Costa

Collection Method

Descriptive cross-sectional observational study of consecutive patients evaluated during a one-year period.

Time Range

One-year period (specific dates unknown).

Geography

São Luis, Maranhão, Brazil.