Open AccessKnowledge, attitude, and practice patterns and the purported reasons for delayed presentation of patients with sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy at a tertiary eyecare facility in Central India: A questionnaire-based study
Author(s) -
Alok Sen,
Pushparaj Mani Pathak,
Pratik Shenoy,
Gaurav Kohli,
Priyavrat Bhatia,
Sachin Shetty
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/ijo.ijo_1503_21
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetic retinopathy , context (archaeology) , diabetes mellitus , fundus (uterus) , pediatrics , eye care , disease , optometry , ophthalmology , family medicine , paleontology , biology , endocrinology
To identify the reasons for delayed presentation among patients with sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy (STDR) and to assess their knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) patterns in context to diabetes mellitus (DM) and diabetic retinopathy (DR).