# Physical Injuries in Patients with Pediatric Eye Diseases

> **NIH NIH R21** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · 2020 · $195,000

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
Pediatric eye diseases are common, occurring in 2-5% of children. While we know that pediatric eye diseases
can lead to poor vision and loss of depth perception, there is uncertainty as to the consequences of this on the
risk of physical injuries in children. We therefore are unable to counsel parents on strategies to protect children
or create awareness/intervention campaigns targeted to the most at-risk groups.
Given that physical injuries are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among children in the United
States, unintentional injuries are a significant public health priority that account for an estimated that 9.2 million
annual visit to the Emergency Department and $20 billion in medical cost annually. Identifying risk factors that
would allow for targeted prevention measures could reduce these injuries and costs.
The proposed series of studies will use epidemiological and statistical tools to determine how eye diseases
affect the risk of physical injuries in children and how strabismus surgery may alter this risk in patients with
strabismus. Taken together, these data can be used to fuel future research focusing on risk-reducing
interventions for children identified to be at risk. The results will inform policy makers, clinicians and parents
regarding the patients that may benefit most from risk factor modification to prevent comorbidities associated
with eye diseases in children. The results will also provide data regarding the utility of strabismus surgery in
preventing physical injuries. In future work, clinical interventions can be developed to reduce the risk of injuries
(such as home visits, therapies, and educational campaigns) that are most highly associated with eye disease
in the patients who appear to be the most at risk.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9832660
- **Project number:** 5R21EY029655-02
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
- **Principal Investigator:** Stacy Pineles
- **Activity code:** R21 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $195,000
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-01-01 → 2021-12-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9832660

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9832660, Physical Injuries in Patients with Pediatric Eye Diseases (5R21EY029655-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9832660. Licensed CC0.

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