Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy and reduced vision among Indigenous Australians in the nurse-led iDEES study in a regional primary care clinic.
Sharon Atkinson-BriggsAlicia JenkinsAnthony KeechChristopher RyanLaima Brazionisnull nullPublished in: Internal medicine journal (2021)
A nurse-led model of care integrating diabetes eye screening and education at a single visit was successful at recruiting Indigenous Australian adults with diabetes, screening their vision and acquiring a high rate of gradable images. Even for a relatively short duration of known diabetes, DR was present in three in every ten patients screened. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Keyphrases
- primary care
- diabetic retinopathy
- type diabetes
- cardiovascular disease
- glycemic control
- healthcare
- optical coherence tomography
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- quality improvement
- risk factors
- deep learning
- prognostic factors
- convolutional neural network
- pain management