Vrutti M Merchant

Abstract

Aim: To streamline regular visits of NCD clinic diabetic patients for retina screening in relation to duration of disease, severity of diabetic retinopathy, magnitude of visual impairment and blindness. Settings and Design: Hospital based observational analytical cross-sectional study. 200 diabetic patients attending Non Communicable Disease clinic from January 2020- May 2021 above 18years of age were included and dilated retinal examination using Indirect ophthalmoscope were classified according to ETDRS classification after doing visual assessment. Statistical Analysis used: Analysis was done using Chi-square test, ANOVA, t-test. A p value of < 0> Results: 93.5% were screened for first time, the point prevalence being 27.5%. 24% males and 33% females had diabetic retinopathy. The mean age was 52.4±9.168 years of diabetic retinopathy patients (P=0.01). 7.2% had unilateral diabetic retinopathy. 26.41% had DR in 15yrs. Mean duration diabetes of patients having DR was 8.88±4.99 years. 35 patients (63.63%) were insulin dependent. DME was found to be 22.7% and STDR was 13%. Conclusions: The study made NCD diabetic patients aware of importance of retinal check up. Duration of diabetes, severity of diabetic retinopathy and visual impairment are interrelated.   Keywords: Diabetic retinopathy, Non communicable diseases, Visual impairment, Blindness.

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