Kousiouris Panagiotis, Gouliopoulos Nikolaos, Kourtesa Anastasia, Dimtsas Georgios S, Chatzistefanou Klio, Bouratzis Nikolaos, Kantzanou Maria, Moschos Marilita M
1st Department of Ophthalmology, University of Athens Medical School, G. Gennimatas Hospital, Athens, Greece.
2nd Department of Ophthalmology, University of Athens Medical School, Attikon Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Clin Ophthalmol. 2022 Jul 25;16:2323-2328. doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S370188. eCollection 2022.
To present the demographic and social characteristics of patients with ocular foreign bodies (OFB), who visit the Ophthalmological Outpatient Department of a tertiary hospital in Athens, Greece.
During the period January-March 2019, 5181 patients presented to the Ophthalmological Outpatient Department of our hospital, and 543 of them were diagnosed with an ocular foreign body. Moreover, 106 of them were interviewed about their demographic and social factors, regarding among others data about their occupation, level of education, nationality, family, and insurance status.
The patients with ocular foreign bodies were significantly younger compared to the rest of the examined patients (49.5±13.9 vs 56.3±17 years, p<0.001). Moreover, the ocular foreign bodies were more frequent in men compared to women (15.5% vs 5.0%, p<0.001) and in non-Greek patients (23.7% vs 9.2%, p<0.001). Regarding the social characteristics of the patients with ocular foreign bodies, we found that the majority of them were married, employed, insured, while their educational status was middle and high school. Furthermore, the vast majority of the patients practiced manual professions (73.1% of them).
We documented that the introduction of an ocular foreign body is frequently encountered in the Outpatient Department of our tertiary hospital in Athens, Greece. We also demonstrated that these patients are younger, while they are more frequently men, of non-Greek origin, with an educational status of middle and high school, and their occupation is associated with manual labour.
呈现希腊雅典一家三级医院眼科门诊就诊的眼内异物（OFB）患者的人口统计学和社会特征。
在2019年1月至3月期间，我院眼科门诊有5181名患者就诊，其中543人被诊断为眼内异物。此外，对其中106人就其人口统计学和社会因素进行了访谈，包括职业、教育程度、国籍、家庭和保险状况等数据。
与其他接受检查的患者相比，眼内异物患者明显更年轻（49.5±13.9岁对56.3±17岁，p<0.001）。此外，男性眼内异物的发生率高于女性（15.5%对5.0%，p<0.001），非希腊患者中的发生率也更高（23.7%对9.2%，p<0.001）。关于眼内异物患者的社会特征，我们发现他们大多数已婚、就业、有保险，教育程度为初中和高中。此外，绝大多数患者从事体力劳动职业（占73.1%）。
我们记录到在希腊雅典我们这家三级医院的门诊中经常遇到眼内异物情况。我们还表明，这些患者更年轻，男性、非希腊裔更为常见，教育程度为初中和高中，且其职业与体力劳动相关。
