Research Article
Eye Diseases among Women Engaged in Local Extraction of Palm Kernel Oil in the Kumasi Metropolis
Table 3
Cross tabulation of presenting ocular symptoms with duration in business.
| | Ocular symptoms | Frequency per duration in business (years) |
Total
| | 1–5 () | 6–10 () | 11–15 () | 15 () |
| | Tearing | 33 (89.2%) | 32 (91.4%) | 25 (80.6%) | 20 (42.5%) | 110 (73.3%) | | Pain | 10 (27.0%) | 10 (28.6%) | 8 (25.8%) | 24 (51.1%) | 52 (34.7%) | | Itching | 30 (81.1%) | 28 (80.0%) | 16 (51.6%) | 26 (55.3%) | 100 (66.7%) | | Discharge | 6 (16.2%) | 6 (17.1%) | 5 (16.1%) | 5 (10.6%) | 22 (14.7%) | | Headache | 14 (37.8%) | 12 (34.3%) | 6 (19.4%) | 20 (42.5%) | 52 (34.7%) | | Photophobia | 7 (18.9%) | 10 (28.6%) | 7 (22.6%) | 9 (19.1%) | 33 (22.0%) | | Halos | 1 (2.7%) | 1 (2.9%) | 2 (6.4%) | 8 (17.0%) | 12 (8.0%) | | Blurred vision | 9 (24.3%) | 7 (20.0%) | 15 (48.4%) | 24 (51.1.6%) | 55 (36.7%) | | Double vision | 4 (10.8%) | 4 (11.4%) | 4 (12.9%) | 7 (14.9%) | 19 (12.7%) | | Dizziness | — | — | — | 1 (2.1%) | 1 (0.7%) | | Foreign body sensation | 2 (5.4%) | — | 2 (6.4%) | — | 4 (2.7%) |
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