Eye care service utilization and associated factors among diabetic patients in Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

'Vision 2020, the Right to Sight', jointly coordinated by the World Health Organization's program for the prevention of blindness and deafness and the international agency for the prevention of blindness, was launched in 1999, however, the initiative faces many challenges to hitting its target. One of the challenges for this is, the absence of comprehensive data regarding eye care service utilization among diabetes mellitus patients in Africa. Therefore, this study was aimed at assessing the prevalence of eye care service utilization and associated factors among adult diabetes mellitus patients in Africa.

Methods

This systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted as per the international preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis proto

SUBMITTER: Tassew WC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11217688 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature