Outreach screening to address demographic and economic barriers to diabetic retinopathy care in rural China.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Poor access to existing care for diabetic retinopathy (DR) limits effectiveness of proven treatments.

Objectives

We examined whether outreach screening in rural China improves equity of access.

Design, setting and participants

We compared prevalence of female sex, age > = 65 years, primary education or below, and requiring referral care for DR between three cohorts with diabetes examined for DR in neighboring areas of Guangdong, China: passive case detection at secondary-level hospitals (n = 193); persons screened during primary-level DR outreach (n = 182); and individuals with newly- or previously-diagnosed diabetes in a population survey (n = 579). The latter reflected the "ideal" reach of a screening program.

Results

Compared to the population coh

SUBMITTER: Xiao B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9020743 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature