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To evaluate the awareness of diabetic retinopathy in self reported diabetic patients attending tertiary care centre in rural Telangana

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Author	Raghu, V. Shruthi, T. Rohini, M. R. SaiDivya
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	Background & Objective: To evaluate awareness of diabetic retinopathy in self reported diabetic patients attending tertiary care centre in rural Telangana. Methods: This was a prospective study conducted on 215 diabetic patients attending department of ophthalmology (Chalmeda Anand Rao Institute of Medical Sciences) which included questionnaire and analysis of patients based on age, duration of diabetes mellitus (DM), education level and presence of diabetes. Results: Out of 215 patients (63% men, 37% female) participated in the study. Through analysis, results showed were 83% were aware of diabetic eye disease (DED), 60% knew the relationship between diabetic eye disease (DED) and diabetes. 50% go to eye checkups regularly and 53% had their vision affected. Conclusions: Patients with longer diabetes mellitus duration and more educated had marginally better awareness.
Related Links	http://www.mrimsjournal.com/article.asp?issn=2321-7006;year=2016;volume=4;issue=2;spage=85;epage=88;aulast=Raghu;type=2
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ISSN	23217006
DOI	10.4103/2321-7006.302255
Journal	Mrims Journal of Health Sciences
Issue Number	2
Volume Number	4
Language	English
Publisher	Medknow
Publisher Date	2016-01-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Ethnic Studies Tertiary Retinopathy Centre Attending Telangana Awareness of Diabetic Mrims Journal of Health Sciences, Volume 4, Issue 2
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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