Attendance in a national screening program for diabetic retinopathy: a population-based study of 205,970 patients.

Anne Suhr Thykjær Mads Varis Nis Andersen Toke Bek Steffen Heegaard Javad Hajari Caroline S Laugesen Sören Möller Frederik Nørregaard PedersenL RosengaardKatja C Schielke Ryo Kawasaki Kurt Højlund Katrine Hass Rubin Lonny Stokholm Jakob Grauslund

Published in: Acta diabetologica (2022)

In a national cohort of 205,970 patients, almost half of the patients attended DR screening later than scheduled or dropped out after first screening episode. This was, in particular, true for patients with any levels of DR at baseline. DR progression in patients with delayed attendance, increased with the number of missed appointments.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
diabetic retinopathy
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
patient reported outcomes
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