Knowledge, beliefs, and practices regarding diabetic eye disease among patients with diabetes at the lions diabetic centre, university of calabar teaching hospital, Nigeria

Etim, Bassey; Nkanga, Dennis; Agweye, ChinezeThelma; Enang, Ofem; Ibanga, Affiong; Udoh, Martha-Mary E; Utam, Utam A

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“…The findings on the significance of other factors are consistent with previous studies. For instance, waiting time is a significant factor in patient receptiveness towards teleophthalmology (Momoh et al 2020); the significance of information and knowledge (Ramchandran et al 2020); experience (Sun et al 2020); and personal relationship with an ophthalmologist (Etim, 2018;Valikodath et al 2017). This study's implications are for the policymakers in Nigeria to formulate health policy that will focus more on the awareness of diabetic retinopathy disease in Nigeria and enlightenment campaign on teleophthalmology.…”

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Investigating the Receptiveness Attitude of the Patient With Diabetes Retinopathy Towards the Use of Teleophthalmology

Iloka

Ekpo

Rjoub

et al. 2022

International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications

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Research on the attitude of diabetes retinopathy's (DR) patients towards teleophthalmology as a branch of telemedicine has not been examined in developing countries. This article examines the receptiveness attitude of the patients with DR towards the use of teleophthalmology using 400 questionnaires to examine patients in Calabar DR screening center in Cross River State, Nigeria. The hypotheses were tested using multiple indicators multiple causes (MIMIC) as a special case of the structural equation modeling (SEM). The findings in this study indicated high cost and excess time negatively affects patient attitude, information, knowledge, and experience significantly and positively predict patients attitude towards teleophthalmology. Furthermore, the result of the paper shows that convenience and knowledge for 35.7 percent of the receptiveness of patients towards teleophthalmology. This study contributes by identifying that among other factors positive factors to enhance patient's receptive attitude to being diagnosis with diabetes retinopathy through telemedicine.

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confidence: 89%

“…Nevertheless, this study will examine the possible high and low levels of receptiveness among several telemedicine patients despite the quality of relationship and service that take place using both methods (Etim, 2018). Given this argument, it is hypothesized that:…”

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Investigating the Receptiveness Attitude of the Patient With Diabetes Retinopathy Towards the Use of Teleophthalmology

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Ekpo

Rjoub

et al. 2022

International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications

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Pattern of Diabetic Retinopathy in a Tertiary Healthcare Facility in Southern Nigeria

Agweye

Ibanga

Udoh

et al. 2021

Nigerian Journal of Medicine

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Objective: The objective is to determine the pattern and prevalence of diabetic retinopathy (DR) among patients living with diabetes mellitus. Methodology: Descriptive cross-sectional study in a tertiary hospital. Questionnaires were used to obtain data from eligible participants. Visual acuity measurement, fundal examination, and photography were performed together with fasting blood glucose and glycated hemoglobin A1c. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) for Windows version 20 was used for data analysis. Results: Overall 200 patients were enrolled of which 75.5% were female. The participant's mean age was 53.8 ± 11.7 years. DR was present in 53/200 (26.5%) of participants, of which 52 (98.1%) had nonproliferative DR (NPDR), and 1 (1.9%) had proliferative DR (PDR). NPDR was mild in 44/53 (83.0%) and moderate in 8/53 (15.1%) patients. Evidence of sight-threatening DR was found in 37/200 (18.5%) of participants (36 had diabetic macular edema and 1 had PDR + DMO). Conclusions: DR was present in 26.5% of the study participants, and 18.5% had sight-threatening DR mainly due to DMO. This finding underscores the need for routine screening of all people living with diabetes to detect early DMO and provide treatment to prevent visual loss.

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Knowledge, beliefs, and practices regarding diabetic eye disease among patients with diabetes at the lions diabetic centre, university of calabar teaching hospital, Nigeria

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Investigating the Receptiveness Attitude of the Patient With Diabetes Retinopathy Towards the Use of Teleophthalmology

Investigating the Receptiveness Attitude of the Patient With Diabetes Retinopathy Towards the Use of Teleophthalmology

Pattern of Diabetic Retinopathy in a Tertiary Healthcare Facility in Southern Nigeria

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