ROP screening and treatment in four district-level special newborn care units in India: a cross-sectional study of screening and treatment rates.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Blindness from retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in middle-income countries is generally due to absence of screening or inadequate screening. The objective of this study was to assess uptake of services in an ROP programme in four district-level special newborn care units in India.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

All four neonatal units of a state in India where model programme for ROP had been introduced.

Patients

Infants eligible for screening and treatment of ROP between March and May 2017.

Intervention

Data on sex, birth weight and gestational age of eligible infants were collected and medical records reviewed for follow-up.

Main outcome measures

Proportion of eligible infants screened and for those screened, age at first screen

SUBMITTER: Sabherwal S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7949437 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature