Epidemiological characteristics of military inpatients in ophthalmology department of a grade A tertiary hospital from 2010 to 2019

  Background   Chinese PLA General Hospital has experienced the military medical reform. Making statistic analysis on the medical data of the military personnel is of certain scientific value.

  Objective   To study the changes and trend of diseases spectrum of military inpatients in the Department of Ophthalmology from 2010 to 2019, so as to provide evidences for health policy making.

  Methods   The medical records of military inpatients in our hospital from 2010 to 2019 were collected and analyzed by descriptive epidemiology.

  Results   A total of 3 202 hospitalized military patients were included, and the numbers increased significantly after the military reform (at the end of 2015). There were significant differences in the disease spectrum of all diseases (χ²=235.925 4, P ＜ 0.05), but the proportions of the main diseases such as lens, choroid and retinal diseases and glaucoma did not changed much; the proportion of ocular trauma, which was calculated alone, increased significantly over time (χ²=8.093, P ＜ 0.05).

  Conclusion   In these 10 years, the proportions of main diseases changed little, while the proportion of ocular trauma is increasing year by year, especially the training related injury, which suggests that it is necessary to further strengthen safety education and training protection in military training.