Hubungan Antara Faktor Trauma Tumpul Pada Mata Dengan Katarak Pada Petani Di Empat Desa Kecamatan Teluk Jambe Barat Kabupaten Karawang

Abstract

Eye injury can be caused by several kinds of objects, can cause pain, decrease of eye equity and cataract formation in affected eye. PURPOSES. To identify the kind of eye injury and to analyze between the blunt eye injury and cataract among agriculture farmers in 4 villages at Teluk Jambe Barat, Karawang Sub district. METHODS. A cross sectional designed study was done, with 1223 samples aged 30 years and up, selected purposively among agriculture farmers in 4 villages. Data collection was done through interview and examination. The history of eye injury that influenced eye equity can be had from interview. The cataract was diagnosed through ophthalmoscope examination without midriatic by ophthalmologists. RESULTS. The sample that fulfilled research criteria\u27s were 1223 persons. From 1223 person, 34 (2.8%) persons had blunt eye injury in the past. Another eye injures were caused by sharp objects 80 (6.5%), particle of objects 72 (5.9%), chemicals 15 (1.2%), and heat 5 (0.4%). Percentage of the blunt eye injury was higher in male than female (OR 4.41 95%CI: 1.82-10.74 p=0.0001). Although cataract percentage was higher among person who had the blunt eye injury than the person never had the blunt eye injury, but insignificantly related (p>0.05). CONCLUSIONS. Working with some objects in workplace need caution, because those objects would be harmful to the eye