Sight-threatening Diabetic Retinopathy and Associated Risk Factors Among Adult Diabetes Patients at Debre Tabor General Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia.
Getasew Alemu MershaAsamere Tsegaw WoredekalMatyas Tilahun TesfawPublished in: Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) (2020)
The prevalence of STDR was high. Low family monthly income, longer duration of diabetes, poor glycemic control, hypertension and obesity were positively associated with STDR. Early screening of STDR and improving diabetes self management in all diabetes patients were recommended.
Keyphrases
- glycemic control
- type diabetes
- diabetic retinopathy
- weight loss
- blood glucose
- cardiovascular disease
- insulin resistance
- blood pressure
- metabolic syndrome
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- mental health
- emergency department
- optical coherence tomography
- prognostic factors
- young adults
- weight gain
- skeletal muscle
- patient reported outcomes