Open AccessAvailability of eye care infrastructure and human resources for managing diabetic retinopathy in the western province of Sri Lanka
Author(s) -
Mapa Mudiyanselage Prabhath Nishantha Piyseana,
Gudlavalleti Venkata Satyanarayana Murthy
Publication year - 2020
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_1754_18
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetic retinopathy , population , optometry , eye care , family medicine , sri lanka , interview , blindness , visual impairment , diabetes mellitus , medical emergency , environmental health , socioeconomics , sociology , psychiatry , political science , law , tanzania , endocrinology
Blindness and visual impairment due to diabetic retinopathy (DR) are avoidable by early screening and timely treatment. The western province of Sri Lanka has the highest prevalence of diabetes mellitus (18.6%) in the country. DR had been given less attention in services expansion because of lack of evidence. The aim of this study was to assess the availability of human resources (HR) and infrastructure for DR in eye care facilities.