Open AccessTHE PREVALENCE OF DIABETIC RETINOPATHY
Author(s) -
Fitriani Fitriani,
Aslim D Sihotang,
Delfi Delfi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
jurnal kesehatan prima
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2460-8661
DOI - 10.32807/jkp.v11i2.7
Subject(s) - diabetic retinopathy , medicine , diabetes mellitus , blindness , retinopathy , complication , retrospective cohort study , medical record , optometry , pediatrics , ophthalmology , endocrinology
Diabetic Retinopathy is a damage retina caused by complication of diabetes mellitus. Approximately 40% of the diabetes cases tend to be retinopathy diabetic, even 8% of those cases are going to have blindness. The research aimed to describe diabetic retinopathy prevalence at H Adam Malik Hospital in Medan. The research method was retrospective descriptive and samples ware acquired from medical record during July in 2011 to June in 2012 at H Adam Malik Hospital in Medan. The findings indicated that there was no significant difference of a number of diabetic retinopathy patients between man and women. Mostly diabetic retinopathy patients were approximately 50 – 59 years old with duration of diabetes mellitus for 5 to 10 years old. The conclusion is the height of prevalence diabetic retinopathy is influenced by age and duration of diabetes mellitus.