Sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy and its predictors among patients with diabetes visiting Adare General Hospital in Southern Ethiopia: a hospital-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The study aimed to determine the prevalence of sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy and its predictors among patients with diabetes attending Adare General Hospital in Southern Ethiopia.

Design

A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted using a systematic random sampling method.

Setting

The study was conducted at the diabetic clinic of Adare General Hospital in Sidama region, Southern Ethiopia.

Participants

The study included 391 patients with diabetes aged ≥18 years who had attended the diabetic clinic of Adare General Hospital in Southern Ethiopia.

Main outcome measures

Data were collected using questionnaires completed by an interviewer, a review of medical records and eye examinations.

Result

The study included 391 patien

SUBMITTER: Alemayehu HB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10882339 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature