Diabetic eye screening - where are we now and what does the future hold?Cushley, LauraPeto, TundeOptometry in Practice
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a leading cause of preventable blindness and has emerged as a global health challenge, necessitating the development of robust management strategies. As DR prevalence continues to rise, advancements in screening methods have become increasingly critical for timely detection an...
Depending on the results, patients areeither recalled for annual screening, invited back for more frequent surveillance or referred on to hospital eye services. During 2011-12, NDESP invited 2,362,000 people inEngland for screening and 1,911,000 of these attended4 -an overall uptake rate of ...
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5. None of the above options will ensure eye screening for young defaulters with insulin-dependent diabetes, estranged or alienated from all medical care, whose only regular contact is for renewal of insulin pre scriptions. This group presents late and yields an annual toll of preventable ...
A research team from Great Britain identified factors, such as mental health issues, lack of diabetic eye screening awareness, and transport difficulties, that interfere with attendance at annual screenings by patients with diabetes and evaluated the adherence to guidelines set by the National Instit...
A practical approach to increase the frequency of routine foot examinations in patients with diabetes may be the incorporation into eye screening appointments. Such “one-stop” annual diabetes microvascular screening program has been shown to be feasible and well received by patients and staff alike ...
People who came for regular eye and diabetic care appointments at the hospital were invited to take part in the DR screening program. Informed consent was obtained from all participants before they were involved in the study. The purpose and scope of the research were clearly communicated to ...
They also emphasize, "The incentive of biennial screening is to release capacity in the NHS and lessen the inconvenience for [people with diabetes] at low risk ofsight lossof attending eye screening appointments every year, but there is a need to address the potential to amplify ethnic and age...
In 67% (n=83), patients could be referred directly to screening programs; the remainder relied on primary care for onward referral. 97% (n=120) considered eye screening results useful for counselling patients but only 65% (n=81) reported it was 'easy' to obtain them. Factors independently...