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The differences in patients\u2019 data (age, presenting visual acuity, mechanism of injury, location of injury, class of trauma, presentation time post-injury and ocular interventions) were compared.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      There were 50 trauma patients pre-COVID-19 and 83 patients at lockdown with a trauma prevalence of 1.2% and 2.0%, respectively. The mean age of patients was 21.7 \u00b1 18.8 and 21.1 \u00b1 13.9 years pre-COVID-19 and at lockdown (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.084). During lockdown, the proportion of children with eye injuries decreased from 58% to 50%, also patients with presenting visual acuity worse than 6\/60 decreased from 70% to 60.3%. Regarding the mechanism of trauma, there was an increase in the percentage of domestic injuries, vegetative matter implicated and open globe injury (respectively from 44% to 62.7%, from 16% to 32.5% and from 36% to 41%). Injury-to-treatment time was longer during the lockdown. Presentation to the ED within 24 hours of injury reduced to 28.9% from 44% (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.035). More patients (59%) were managed conservatively at lockdown compared to 46% pre-COVID-19 (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.004).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The number and prevalence of ocular injuries increased during the COVID-19 lockdown. Injuries were more severe, mainly domestic and vegetative matter was most implicated. Patients presented later to the hospital and were mostly managed conservatively during the lockdown.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/npmj.npmj_118_25","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,27]],"date-time":"2025-10-27T06:00:30Z","timestamp":1761544830000},"page":"412-417","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Changing Trend of Ocular Trauma during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Lockdown in Kaduna, Nigeria"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"32","author":[{"given":"Thelma Imaobong","family":"Ndife","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mahmoud Babani","family":"Alhassan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Eye Centre, Kaduna, 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