Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Official Publication of Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation
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Print ISSN: 2395-1443
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Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology (IJCEO) is open access, a peer-reviewed medical journal, published quarterly, online, and in print, by the Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation (IESRF) since 2015. To fulfil our aim of rapid dissemination of knowledge, we publish articles ‘Ahead of Print’ on acceptance. In addition, the journal allows free access (Open Access) to its content, which is likely to attract more readers and citations of articles published in IJCEO. Manuscripts must be prepared in more...Original Article
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Volume : 6, Issue : 2, Year : 2020
Article Page : 165-169
https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijceo.2020.036
Abstract
Objective: To assess the level of awareness about diabetic retinopathy among Type 2 diabetes mellitus
patients in and around Chennai.
Materials and Methods: A cross sectional study was done on 150 Type-2 diabetes mellitus patients in
and around Chennai between January 2019 to April 2019, to assess their level of awareness about diabetes
retinopathy through a structured questionnaire.
Results: Of 150 randomly selected Type 2 diabetes mellitus patients, 93 (62%) were women and 57 (38%)
were males. 32% of them were illiterates, 31.33% had only primary education and 36.67% had education
above middle school. 64.67% of the selected patients wore glasses for refractive error and they were aged
from 15yrs to 80yrs. Nearly 3/4th of this urban population are aware about diabetic retinopathy and feel
blood glucose control and regular eye check-ups are necessary in reducing the risk of diabetic retinopathy,
less than 1/4th know about blindness caused by DR, that laser treatment does not improve the vision but only
reduces further deterioration and when a diabetic patient should first visit the eye doctor- therein suggestive
that most are aware of the disease but are not well informed about the complications and treatment of the
disease.
Keywords: Blindness, Awareness, Diabetes mellitus, Diabetic retinopathy.
How to cite : Shobika S , Puri S K, Awareness of diabetic retinopathy among Type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in and around Chennai. Indian J Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2020;6(2):165-169
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