Open AccessBlindness among Patients with Type II Diabetes Mellitus Presenting to the Outpatient Department of Ophthalmology of a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
Author(s) -
Pooja Shrestha,
Raju Kaiti,
Ranjila Shyangbo
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of nepal medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.176
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1815-672X
pISSN - 0028-2715
DOI - 10.31729/jnma.7702
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetic retinopathy , diabetes mellitus , outpatient clinic , eye examination , cross sectional study , retinopathy , pediatrics , confidence interval , type 2 diabetes mellitus , blindness , ophthalmology , optometry , visual acuity , pathology , endocrinology
Diabetic retinopathy is a major microvascular complication of diabetes, and may progress to sight-threatening stages causing blindness with a consequent decrease in their quality of life. This study aimed to find out the prevalence of blindness among patients with type II diabetes mellitus attending the Outpatient Department of Ophthalmology of a tertiary care hospital.