Awareness of HbA1c and Its Relationship With Diabetic Retinopathy Among Adult Diabetic Patients Attending a Tertiary Ophthalmic Center | Zendy

Srinivasan Sanjay | Zendy; You Chuen Chin | Zendy; Yan Sun | Zendy; Ee Lin Ong | Zendy; KahGuan Au Eong | Zendy

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Awareness of HbA1c and Its Relationship With Diabetic Retinopathy Among Adult Diabetic Patients Attending a Tertiary Ophthalmic Center

Author(s) -

Srinivasan Sanjay,

You Chuen Chin,

Yan Sun,

Ee Lin Ong,

KahGuan Au Eong

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

diabetes care

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 6.636

H-Index - 363

eISSN - 1935-5548

pISSN - 0149-5992

DOI - 10.2337/dc12-1320

Subject(s) - medicine , malay , diabetic retinopathy , diabetes mellitus , cross sectional study , retinopathy , population , optometry , family medicine , pediatrics , environmental health , endocrinology , philosophy , linguistics , pathology

A major contributing factor to poor compliance to maintain HbA1c <7% has been found to be a lack of patient awareness (1). Wang et al. (1) showed only 17% of participants understood HbA1c, and 49% of participants had heard of the HbA1c test. Their study also concluded that there was greater awareness of HbA1c among the younger age groups and those with higher education levels. Despite the high prevalence of patients with diabetes in Asia, data on the association between awareness of HbA1c and diabetic retinopathy are not available in the Singapore population.Our study was a hospital-based, cross-sectional study of 506 diabetic patients aged 23–88 years in Singapore with different racial groups, including Chinese, Malay, Indian, and others.Of the 623 patients invited, 507 were …

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