Diabetic retinopathy screening barriers among Palestinian primary health care patients: a qualitative study.

Tasneem YahyaZaher A NazzalAbdul-Rahman Abdul-HadiSouad BelkebirMohammad HamarshihAlaa FuqahaTherese Zink

Published in: Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders (2020)

Barriers to completing retinopathy screening are multidimensional with financial, personal, educational, health system, and cultural factors. These should be taken into consideration by policy makers in order to increase the uptake and quality of service.

Keyphrases

diabetic retinopathy
healthcare
end stage renal disease
mental health
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
public health
optical coherence tomography
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
young adults
psychometric properties