Racial/Ethnic Disparities and Barriers to Diabetic Retinopathy Screening in Youths.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Diabetic retinopathy is a major complication of diabetes for which regular screening improves visual health outcomes, yet adherence to screening is suboptimal.

Objective

To assess disparities in diabetic eye examination completion rates and evaluate barriers in those not previously screened.

Design, setting, and participants

In this cohort study at a single academic center (Johns Hopkins Hospital pediatric diabetes center in Baltimore, Maryland) from December 2018 to November 2019, youths with type 1 or type 2 diabetes who met criteria for diabetic retinopathy screening and were enrolled in a prospective observational trial implementing point-of-care diabetic retinopathy screening were asked about prior diabetic retinopathy screening.

Main outcomes and m

SUBMITTER: Thomas CG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8160913 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature