Awareness of diabetic retinopathy and barriers for eye screening among adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus attending tertiary care teaching hospital, Davanagere, Karnataka

Manu, A S; Davalgi, Shubha; Aithal, Swathi S; Dilip, Babu

doi:10.5455/ijmsph.2018.0514717052018

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“…This underlines the importance of implementing health education techniques on the disease and complications at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of health care. In this study, family members/friends/relatives with DM were the primary source of information (44%) followed by physicians (32%) which was in contrast with other studies that quoted physicians as their primary source of information [7][13] [15]. When administered questions regarding awareness of DR, half (50%) participants responded that they have heard about the term from either family members or physicians while the other half (50%) said they have never heard about it.…”

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“…is a silent illness, early detection and treatment are critical to its management [6]. The duration of diabetes and the intensity of hyperglycaemia are the two most important risk factors for diabetic retinopathy [7] .DR cannot be prevented, however the complications that cause severe vision loss can be minimized with early detection and treatment. According to the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) and Diabetic Retinopathy Study (DRS) LASER photocoagulation can reduce vision loss by 90% [8].…”

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Knowledge and Awareness of Diabetic Retinopathy in People Living with Diabetes Mellitus (PLWD): A Hospital-based Cross-sectional study

Joyce Jiji Mepurathu,

Sumit Grover

2023

Int. J. Sci. Res. Arch.

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Title: Knowledge and awareness of Diabetic Retinopathy in People Living with Diabetes Mellitus (PLWD): A Hospital-based Cross-sectional study. Purpose: To assess knowledge and awareness of Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) among adults with Diabetes Mellitus (DM) visiting the hospital. Results: Out of 218 participants about 77.5% were aware that DM could affect the eye. However, only 34.4% were aware that it could cause blindness. About 54 (24.8%) had their HbA1c levels tested regularly while 107 (49.1%) tested only when asked. About 33.5% of the patients were not aware of any of the treatment modalities for DR such as laser photocoagulation, surgery, intravitreal injection. While the rest (66.5%) had heard about at least one of these treatment modalities. 32.6% of patients thought that the control of blood glucose is enough to control DR without any further intervention. Conclusion: The study concluded that diabetes, as a global epidemic, requires attention from patients and health care professionals. Furthermore, the survey found that the majority of people with diabetes are fully aware of the need of eye screening and the fact that diabetes can affect the eye, but had little knowledge of diabetic retinopathy and its effects. To reduce visual impairment caused by diabetes, it is vital to increase community awareness about diabetic retinopathy and the necessity of retinal screening. It is necessary to conduct awareness programs aimed primarily at rural populations. Screening services should be improved at the community health centre level as well.

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Knowledge and Awareness of Diabetic Retinopathy in People Living with Diabetes Mellitus (PLWD): A Hospital-based Cross-sectional study

Joyce Jiji Mepurathu,

Sumit Grover

2023

Int. J. Sci. Res. Arch.

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“…Despite this, some populations, such as American Indians and Alaskan Natives, were unaware of the connection between retinopathy and diabetes [44] whereas other populations held misconceptions regarding causes, e.g., watching too much TV [6] or bad luck [52] (Table 1). There is also a limited understanding by patients that retinopathy can be asymptomatic [48,55,[74][75][76], including in select populations, such a 50% of females surveyed in New York City [77]. This belief may hold patients back from attending screening if they are unaware that they may be in the early asymptomatic stages of retinopathy.…”

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“…It is unclear from our literature review whether knowledge has improved in urban populations in recent years. Furthermore, there is a low level of knowledge regarding the preventative, rather than curative, nature of treatments, such as laser and glucose control, which are erroneously thought to be curative [76,78].…”

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Patient and health care provider knowledge of diabetes and diabetic microvascular complications: a comprehensive literature review

Elafros

Callaghan

Skolarus

et al. 2022

Rev Endocr Metab Disord

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Diabetic retinopathy, neuropathy, and nephropathy occur in more than 50% of people with diabetes, contributing substantially to morbidity and mortality. Patient understanding of these microvascular complications is essential to ensure early recognition and treatment of these sequalae as well as associated symptoms, yet little is known about patient knowledge of microvascular sequalae. In this comprehensive literature review, we provide an overview of existing knowledge regarding patient knowledge of diabetes, retinopathy, neuropathy, and nephropathy. We also discuss health care provider's knowledge of these sequalae given that patients and providers must work together to achieve optimal care. We evaluated 281 articles on patient and provider knowledge of diabetic retinopathy, neuropathy, and nephropathy as well as predictors of improved knowledge and screening practices. Results demonstrated that patient and provider knowledge of microvascular sequalae varied widely between studies, which may reflect sociocultural or methodologic differences. Knowledge assessment instruments varied between studies with limited validation data and few studies controlled for confounding. Generally, improved patient knowledge was associated with greater formal education, longer diabetes duration, and higher socioeconomic status. Fewer studies examined provider knowledge of sequalae, yet these studies identified multiple misconceptions regarding appropriate screening practices for microvascular complications and the need to screen patients who are asymptomatic. Further investigations are needed that use well validated measures, control for confounding, and include diverse populations. Such studies will allow identification of patients and providers who would benefit from interventions to improve knowledge of microvascular complications and, ultimately, improve patient outcomes.

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“…As a disease with metabolic disorders, T2DM has distinctive symptoms such as high blood glucose and triglyceride levels (Musselman et al, 2019). When the development of T2DM becomes uncontrollable, it leads to the emergence of various serious problems such as ocular morbidity and blindness, kidney failure, amputation, and permanent disability (Bertram et al, 2013;Manu et al, 2018). Meanwhile, new cases of the disease are on the increase, characterized by its occurrence in children which was previously found in adults only.…”

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Effect of Chlorella vulgaris extract on high sucrose diet-induced diabetes in Drosophila melanogaster

Salim

Subandi

Yuniarti

2021

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Microalgae Chlorella vulgaris is a microscopic green algae that has known potential as a source of food and medicine (functional food). However, the pharmacological capacity of this microalgae species against disease due to metabolic disorders is still not understood. Thus, this study aims to evaluate the effect of C. vulgaris extract on animal models of Drosophila melanogaster (Drosophila) which are fed high-sucrose diet (HSD). Wild type Drosophila was used in this study for 7 days of observation. Drosophila was divided into four groups consisting of the first group that was not treated as a control. The second group was treated with HSD (30%), the third group was treated with C. vulgaris extract (120 g/L) and the fourth group was treated with double treatment (HSD and C. vulgaris extract). The parameters observed included fecundity, hatchability, hemolymph glucose and triglyceride levels. The results showed that the extract of C. vulgaris was able to reduce the negative effects of giving HSD. The single treatment of C. vulgaris extract and double treatment between C. vulgaris extract and HSD significantly decreased levels of hemolymph glucose, triglycerides of Drosophila, while the parameters of fecundity and hatchability were significantly increased when compared to Drosophila which only received HSD treatment. The conclusion of this study is that C. vulgaris extract can be used as an antihyperglycemic agent which requires further study to prove the results that have been obtained.

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Awareness of diabetic retinopathy and barriers for eye screening among adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus attending tertiary care teaching hospital, Davanagere, Karnataka

Cited by 7 publications

References 5 publications

Knowledge and Awareness of Diabetic Retinopathy in People Living with Diabetes Mellitus (PLWD): A Hospital-based Cross-sectional study

Knowledge and Awareness of Diabetic Retinopathy in People Living with Diabetes Mellitus (PLWD): A Hospital-based Cross-sectional study

Patient and health care provider knowledge of diabetes and diabetic microvascular complications: a comprehensive literature review

Effect of Chlorella vulgaris extract on high sucrose diet-induced diabetes in Drosophila melanogaster

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