IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jijerp/v17y2020i12p4454-d374401.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Eye Injuries Epidemiology Description in a Working Population over 10 Years in Spain

Author

Listed:
  • Sergio Martín-Prieto

    (School of Biomedical and Health Science, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670 Madrid, Spain)

  • Cristina Álvarez-Peregrina

    (School of Biomedical and Health Science, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670 Madrid, Spain)

  • Israel Thuissard-Vassallo

    (School of Biomedical and Health Science, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670 Madrid, Spain)

  • Carlos Catalina-Romero

    (Ibermutua (Mutual Collaborator of Social Security nº 274), 28043 Madrid, Spain)

  • Eva Calvo-Bonacho

    (Ibermutua (Mutual Collaborator of Social Security nº 274), 28043 Madrid, Spain)

  • César Villa-Collar

    (School of Biomedical and Health Science, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670 Madrid, Spain)

  • Miguel Ángel Sánchez-Tena

    (School of Biomedical and Health Science, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670 Madrid, Spain)

Abstract

Background: Several studies show a high percentage of eye injuries related to work compared to other origins. However, there are few studies that describe work-related eye injuries. Methods: A descriptive, retrospective, and longitudinal study that describes the characteristics of work-related eye injuries in a group of insured workers. Eye injuries were classified according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) and analyzed over 10 years (2008–2018). Results: Keratitis and conjunctivitis were the most prevalent injuries (26,674 (53.1%) and 15,906 (31.6%)). Keratitis and conjunctivitis also show the highest percentage of injury incidence per 100,000 insured workers in both sexes, any age group, and any occupation. The analysis of the cumulative percentage change and average annual percent change in incidences over ten years shows a decrease in the incidences of all injuries, except for other disorders of the eye and anexa. Conclusions: Most of the work-related eye injuries affect the most exposed eye structures in any line of work: the cornea and conjunctiva. Suitable protection of these eye structures will decrease the number of cases of work-related eye injuries.

Suggested Citation

  • Sergio Martín-Prieto & Cristina Álvarez-Peregrina & Israel Thuissard-Vassallo & Carlos Catalina-Romero & Eva Calvo-Bonacho & César Villa-Collar & Miguel Ángel Sánchez-Tena, 2020. "Eye Injuries Epidemiology Description in a Working Population over 10 Years in Spain," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(12), pages 1-8, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:12:p:4454-:d:374401
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/12/4454/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/12/4454/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Sergio Martín-Prieto & Cristina Alvarez-Peregrina & Israel Thuissard-Vassallo & Carlos Catalina-Romero & Eva Calvo-Bonacho & César Villa-Collar & Miguel Ángel Sánchez-Tena, 2021. "Description of Main Predictors for Taking Sick Leave Associated with Work-Related Eye Injuries in Spain," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(10), pages 1-10, May.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:12:p:4454-:d:374401. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.