Descriptive assessment on diabetic retinopathy screening in an awareness programme in Malaysia
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Nor Asiah Muhamad. Sector for Evidence-Based Healthcare, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Ministry of Health Malaysia, No.1 Setia Murni U13/52 Road, Section U13, Setia Alam City, Shah Alam, Selangor 40170, Malaysia. norasiahdr@gmail.com

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    AIM: To determine the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy (DR) among diabetic patients at the primary health clinics in Selangor, Malaysia. METHODS: All diabetic patients were screened in Retinal Disease Awareness Programme (RDAP) and those who had significant DR changes were referred to the hospital for further management. Descriptive analyses were done to determine the prevalence of DR and sociodemographic characteristics among patients with diabetic. Univariate and multivariable analysis using Logistic regression were performed to find association and predictor factors in this screening. RESULTS: A total of 3305 patients aged 40y and above were screened for DR. Of the patients screened, 9% patients were found to have DR and other visual complication such as maculopathy (0.9%), cataract (4.8%) and glaucoma (0.4%). The mean age of patients without retinopathy was 57.82±8.470y and the mean age of patients with DR was 63.93±9.857y. About 61.5% of the patients screened were aged below 60y and 38.5% were aged 60y and above. Majority of the patients screened were women 58.5% and Malay in the age group of 50-59y, while 27% were aged 60-69y. Significant association were found between age, sex, race, visual loss and DR. CONCLUSION: Although the prevalence of DR among patients is not alarming, effective interventions need to be implemented soon to avert a large burden of visual loss from DR.

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Nor Fariza Ngah, Nor Asiah Muhamad, Zalifa Zakiah Asnir, et al. Descriptive assessment on diabetic retinopathy screening in an awareness programme in Malaysia. Int J Ophthalmol, 2020,13(11):1808-1813

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  • Received:March 06,2020
  • Revised:May 13,2020
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  • Online: September 17,2020
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