[Coverage of a screening program and prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in primary careç]. / Tamizaje en el diagnóstico y prevalencia de retinopatía diabética en atención primaria.
Rev Med Chil
; 145(5): 564-571, 2017 May.
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BACKGROUND: Diabetic retinopathy is the first cause of blindness during working years. AIM: Provide knowledge of screening coverage, prevalence and level of diabetic retinopathy in patients that belong to the Cardiovascular Health Program in primary care. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Analysis of retinographies performed to 9076 diabetic patients aged 61 ± 13 years (61% women) adscribed to a Cardiovascular Health program in primary care centers of South-East Metropolitan Santiago. The examination was carried out by the evaluation of retinographies by trained optometrists. RESULTS: The coverage of the screening program was 21%. The prevalence of sight threatening diabetic retinopathy was 3,1%. The prevalence of these entities was 45% higher in people aged between 18 and 44 years than in older people. Their prevalence in urban communities was 32% higher than in rural locations. CONCLUSIONS: The coverage of the screening program is low. Diabetic patients aged 18 to 44 years and those coming from urban communities have a higher prevalence of severe non-proliferative and proliferative diabetic retinopathy.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Programas de Rastreamento
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Cegueira
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Complicações do Diabetes
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Retinopatia Diabética
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Evaluation_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Chile
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Rev Med Chil
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Chile
País de publicação:
Chile