Research Article
Bacterial Profile of External Ocular Infections, Its Associated Factors, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern among Patients Attending Karamara Hospital, Jigjiga, Eastern Ethiopia
Table 2
Personal and clinical related factors of patients attending at Karamara hospital, Jigjiga, eastern Ethiopia, 2020.
| Variables | Frequency (%) |
| Swimming habit | Yes | 48 (16.7) | No | 240 (83.3) |
| Frequency of face wash | Once per day | 116 (40.3) | Twice per day | 55 (19.1) | Three times per day | 112 (38.9) | >four times per day | 5 (1.7) |
| Usage of soap | Yes | 176 (61) | No | 112 (39) |
| Usage of eye cosmetics | Yes | 80 (27.8) | No | 208 (72.2) |
| Have ocular surface disease | Yes | 70 (24.3) | No | 218 (75.7) |
| Hospitalization | Yes | 78 (27) | No | 210 (73) |
| Have ocular trauma | Yes | 35 (12) | No | 253 (88) |
| Usage of contact lens | Yes | 10 (3.5) | No | 278 (96.5) |
| Have diabetic mellitus | Yes | 56 (19.4) | No | 232 (80.6) |
| Making eye surgery | Yes | 43 (14.9) | No | 245 (85.1) |
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