Uptake of diabetic retinopathy screening at a secondary level facility in Malawi.

ABSTRACT: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a common microvascular complication of long-standing diabetes mellitus (DM). DR screening is a cost-effective intervention for preventing blindness from DR. We conducted a cross-sectional study to investigate the uptake and the predictors of uptake of annual DR screening in an opportunistic DR screening programme at a secondary-level diabetes clinic in Southern Malawi. Consecutive patients were interviewed using a structured questionnaire to record their demographic characteristics, medical details and data regarding; the frequency of clinic visits, knowledge of existence of DR screening services and a history of referral for DR screening in the prior one year. Univariate binary logistic regression was used to investigate predictors of DR screening uptake over

SUBMITTER: Zungu T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10631633 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature