Natural History of Diabetic Retinopathy Through Retrospective Analysis in Type 2 Diabetic Patients—An Exploratory Study

Background and Aims: Diabetic retinopathy is the most common diabetes-associated microvascular complication and is among the leading causes of vision loss or blindness in the adult population. The present study is a retrospective study that reported the natural history of diabetic retinopathy.Method...

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Autores principales: Mehak Gupta, Amarjeet Singh, Mona Duggal, Ramandeep Singh, Sanjay Bhadada, Poonam Khanna
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:60f112d2d06a41679fa7f49fcc067c992021-12-01T13:10:14ZNatural History of Diabetic Retinopathy Through Retrospective Analysis in Type 2 Diabetic Patients—An Exploratory Study2296-256510.3389/fpubh.2021.791378https://doaj.org/article/60f112d2d06a41679fa7f49fcc067c992021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.791378/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2296-2565Background and Aims: Diabetic retinopathy is the most common diabetes-associated microvascular complication and is among the leading causes of vision loss or blindness in the adult population. The present study is a retrospective study that reported the natural history of diabetic retinopathy.Methods: Retrospective medical records of 170 patients aged > 20 years with a confirmed complication of diabetic retinopathy were recruited into the present study. A questionnaire was also sent to each subject for gathering their experiences, and verification was done by the attending medical physicians. The questionnaire was answered by all recruited patients.Results: The results showed that 23 (13.5%) subjects have a family history of diabetic retinopathy with 10 (5.9%) having mild NPDR, 63 (37.1%) with moderate NPDR, 60 (25.3%) have severe NPDR while 37 (21.8%) have PDR complications. The presence of co-morbidities was found in 139 (81.8%) subjects. Patients with PDR reported a significantly longer duration of diabetes mellitus with worse glycemic control.Conclusions: The study revealed and concluded that adherence to the prescribed management regimen is important, for which patient education was the key which was lacking.Mehak GuptaAmarjeet SinghMona DuggalRamandeep SinghSanjay BhadadaPoonam KhannaFrontiers Media S.A.articlediabetes—quality of lifediabetic retinopathyproliferative and non-proliferative diabetic retinopathymanagementlifestylePublic aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENFrontiers in Public Health, Vol 9 (2021)
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topic diabetes—quality of life
diabetic retinopathy
proliferative and non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy
management
lifestyle
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
spellingShingle diabetes—quality of life
diabetic retinopathy
proliferative and non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy
management
lifestyle
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Mehak Gupta
Amarjeet Singh
Mona Duggal
Ramandeep Singh
Sanjay Bhadada
Poonam Khanna
Natural History of Diabetic Retinopathy Through Retrospective Analysis in Type 2 Diabetic Patients—An Exploratory Study
description Background and Aims: Diabetic retinopathy is the most common diabetes-associated microvascular complication and is among the leading causes of vision loss or blindness in the adult population. The present study is a retrospective study that reported the natural history of diabetic retinopathy.Methods: Retrospective medical records of 170 patients aged > 20 years with a confirmed complication of diabetic retinopathy were recruited into the present study. A questionnaire was also sent to each subject for gathering their experiences, and verification was done by the attending medical physicians. The questionnaire was answered by all recruited patients.Results: The results showed that 23 (13.5%) subjects have a family history of diabetic retinopathy with 10 (5.9%) having mild NPDR, 63 (37.1%) with moderate NPDR, 60 (25.3%) have severe NPDR while 37 (21.8%) have PDR complications. The presence of co-morbidities was found in 139 (81.8%) subjects. Patients with PDR reported a significantly longer duration of diabetes mellitus with worse glycemic control.Conclusions: The study revealed and concluded that adherence to the prescribed management regimen is important, for which patient education was the key which was lacking.
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author Mehak Gupta
Amarjeet Singh
Mona Duggal
Ramandeep Singh
Sanjay Bhadada
Poonam Khanna
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Mona Duggal
Ramandeep Singh
Sanjay Bhadada
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title Natural History of Diabetic Retinopathy Through Retrospective Analysis in Type 2 Diabetic Patients—An Exploratory Study
title_short Natural History of Diabetic Retinopathy Through Retrospective Analysis in Type 2 Diabetic Patients—An Exploratory Study
title_full Natural History of Diabetic Retinopathy Through Retrospective Analysis in Type 2 Diabetic Patients—An Exploratory Study
title_fullStr Natural History of Diabetic Retinopathy Through Retrospective Analysis in Type 2 Diabetic Patients—An Exploratory Study
title_full_unstemmed Natural History of Diabetic Retinopathy Through Retrospective Analysis in Type 2 Diabetic Patients—An Exploratory Study
title_sort natural history of diabetic retinopathy through retrospective analysis in type 2 diabetic patients—an exploratory study
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