Benita et al. : Mechanical ocular trauma and the best-corrected visual acuity results Journal homepage: https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/MBIO/ 24 ORIGINAL RESEARCH The relationship of mechanical ocular trauma and the best-corrected visual acuity results in Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia Katharina Ratri Benita 1* , Hendrian Dwikoloso Soebagjo 2* , Siprianus Ugroseno Yudho Bintoro 3 1 Medical Program, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia, 2 Department of Ophthalmology, Universitas Airlangga, Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia, 3 Department of Internal Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia Article Info ABSTRACT Article history: Received Jun 14, 2020 Revised Oct 10, 2020 Accepted Dec 15, 2020 Published Jan 1, 2021 Background: Ocular trauma is an accident caused by a foreign object that affects the eye tissue. Ocular trauma can cause pain and a decrease in the person’s best-corrected visual acuity. Mechanical ocular traumas can cause morphological and functional eye changes that are serious enough to cause blindness. Blindness is often used to describe a severe visual impairment with the remaining visual function. Objective: To determine and to analyze the relationship between mechanical ocular trauma and the best-corrected visual acuity of the patients of Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia in 2016-2018. Material and Method: This study was an analytic study with a cross-sectional design. The data were collected using the medical records of the patients of Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia in 2016- 2018. The population of this study consists of all patients with pure mechanical ocular trauma with a total of 198 subjects. Results: Fisher exact test results showed a value of p=0.054, showing that there was no significant relationship between the best-corrected visual acuity and mechanical ocular trauma. Conclusion: No significant relationship was present between mechanical ocular trauma and the best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) based on the medical record of patients with ocular trauma in Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia, in 2016–2018. Most of the patients had BCVA 6/24 - 2 meter counting finger. Keywords: Ocular trauma BCVA Vision Blindness Healthy lifestyle Human & Health *Corresponding authors Katharina Ratri Benita Christie Boru Situmorang kathrinmorang@gmail.com Hendrian Dwikoloso Soebagjo hendrian.dwikoloso @fk.unair.ac.id How to cite: Benita, K.R., Soebagjo, H.D., Bintoro, S.U.Y. 2021. The relationship of mechanical ocular trauma and the best-corrected visual acuity results in Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia. Majalah Biomorfologi, 31(1): 24-30. Majalah Biomorfologi (Biomorphology Journal) p.ISSN:0215-8833, e.ISSN: 2716-0920 doi: 10.20473/mbiom.v31i1.2021.24-30 Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Open access publication under the terms and condition of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC.BY 4.0).