Impact of COVID-19 and recovery of routine diabetic retinopathy digital screening across different regions in England: an analysis of publicly available data.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aims to examine the reduction and subsequent recovery of routine digital screening (RDS) uptake in England from 2018 to 2022, exploring national, regional and individual Diabetic Eye Screening Programme (DESP) levels. The COVID-19 lockdown in most areas of England was from 26 March 2020 to 23 June 2020 (first national lockdown), 5 November 2020 to 2 December 2020 (second national lockdown) and 6 January 2021 to 8 March 2021 (third national lockdown).

Design

Retrospective data analysis.

Setting

DESPs of England.

Participants

Individuals with diabetes who were invited to take part in the DESP programmes.

Methods

Publicly available data from Public Health England (2018-2019) and National Health Service England (2019-2022) were examined

SUBMITTER: Pardhan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11683968 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature