Factors Influencing Eye Screening Adherence Among Latinx Patients With Diabetes: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Latinx populations have the highest rates of visual impairment and blindness of any ethnic group in the United States, with most cases of diabetic retinopathy remaining undiagnosed. We aimed to identify factors influencing adherence with diabetic eye screening in Latinx communities.

Methods

We conducted semistructured individual interviews with adult Latinx patients in Dane County, WI. Interviews were transcribed verbatim, translated from Spanish to English, and analyzed using QSR NVivo software. We performed both inductive open coding and deductive coding using the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Framework, as well as the Campbell and Egede Model.

Results

All participants (n = 20) self-identified as Latinx and were diagno

SUBMITTER: Pelayo C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10709803 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature