Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in children and young people living with diabetes: protocol for a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The frequency of diabetes mellitus in childhood is increasing. Thus, more children and young people are at risk of developing diabetic retinopathy and diabetes related visual impairment. However, there is no consensus on optimal screening strategies for the paediatric population reflecting the lack of clarity about the current burden of disease in this group. We aim to estimate the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in children and young people living with types 1 or 2 diabetes, and to investigate potential sources of heterogeneity in this figure so as to inform screening strategies for this population.

Methods and analysis

PubMed and EMBASE will be searched from 1995 to 2016 using the OvidSP platform with no language restriction. Additionally, manual review of

SUBMITTER: Ibanez-Bruron MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5695488 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature