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A pilot study of prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in diabetic patients using non‐mydriatic retinography and telemedicine
Author(s) -
CASTRO MCR,
VLEMING EN,
TEUS M
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2008.610.x
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetic retinopathy , fundus camera , telemedicine , fundus (uterus) , diabetes mellitus , population , ophthalmology , type 2 diabetes , optometry , ophthalmoscopy , retinal , health care , endocrinology , environmental health , economic growth , economics
Purpose To asses whether the use of non‐mydriatic retinography and telemedicine is an adequate method of screening DR in diabetic population Methods We included all patients suffering from type I, type 2 noninsulin dependant and type 2 insulin dependant diabetes whose ocular fundus were examined in the specialist care center. A 3 field non‐stereoscopic retinographies were taken both eyes and an ophthalmologist at hospital evaluated the presence of DR and its severity. Results 81.2% of the subjects examined had no DR, 10.20% had mild non‐proliferative DR, 7.24% had moderate non‐proliferative DR and 0.15% had severe non‐proliferative DR. The approximate prevalence of DR in area sanitaria 3 was 18.8%. 7, 12% of the examinations were invalid and the patients required mydriatic examination at hospital. Conclusion The use of non‐mydriatic retinography and telemedicine is an adequate method for the screening of DR in diabetic population.