A study on risk factors of diabetic retinopathy among patients attending to Ophthalmology department in Government General Hospital, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh
Journal Title: National Journal of Research in Community Medicine - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: Globally, the number of people with diabetic retinopathy will grow from 126.6 million in 2010 to 191.0 million by 2030. Diabetic retinopathy is important cause of avoidable blindness in India. Treatment interventions at early stages of diabetic retinopathy can reduce burden of blindness due to diabetic retinopathy. Objectives: 1) To study the association of socio demographic factors with diabetic retinopathy. 2) To know the proportion of diabetic retinopathy among study population. 3) To know the factors associated in progression of diabetic retinopathy among study population. Methodology: This was hospital based cross sectional study conducted ophthalmology OPD, government general hospital, tertiary care centre, Kurnool city of Andhra Pradesh from 1.10.2014 to 31.12.2014. The study population includes all the patients attending to ophthalmic department during these 2 months with different symptoms. Fundoscopy was used to diagnose diabetic retinopathy by ophthalmic experts. Pretested semistructured questionnaire was administered. Results: Results show that out of 355 patients 72 patients had diabetic retinopathy. Out of 72 patients with diabetic retinopathy 39 were known diabetics and 33 were newly diagnosed as diabetics. Diabetic retinopathy was found to be significantly associated with duration of diabetes, hypertension, smoking, hyperlipidemia, physical activity and socioeconomic status. Conclusions: Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy is 20.3%. Diabetic retinopathy was found to be significantly associated with duration of diabetes, hypertension, smoking, hyperlipidaemia, physical activity and socioeconomic status.
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Dr. Praveena Ganapa, Visweswara Rao. Guthi, Soujanya V. , Sindhura G.
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