Diabetes mellitus in the Tamil Nadu State—Noncommunicable diseases nurse model in diabetic retinopathy screening
| Autor: | Karthik Srinivasan, Syed Mohideen Abdul Khadar, Rengappa Ramakrishnan, Hariesh Kumar, Valaguru Vijayakumar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Referral India Nurses 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Diabetes mellitus medicine Humans Mass Screening Community health nurse Noncommunicable Diseases primary health center Retrospective Studies Government Diabetic Retinopathy Communicable disease business.industry screening Incidence Diabetic retinopathy screening sight threatening diabetic retinopathy Diabetic retinopathy medicine.disease non-communicable diseases Telemedicine language.human_language Ophthalmology Family medicine Tamil Perspective diabetes mellitus Community health 030221 ophthalmology & optometry language business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Ophthalmology |
| ISSN: | 0301-4738 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/ijo.ijo_1987_19 |
| Popis: | Tamil Nadu is one of the states in India, where the diabetic retinopathy (DR) project was implemented in the Tirunelveli District. Aravind Eye Hospital, Tirunelveli was the mentoring institution and ophthalmology department of Tirunelveli Medical College and Hospital (TVMCH) was the implementing partner. The objective of the project was to develop a district level model for building capacity at the government health system for effective screening, diagnosis and management (primary to tertiary) of diabetic retinopathy. The DR screening, counseling, referral and follow-up tasks were included in the scope of Non- Communicable Disease (NCD) nurses at the respective Community Health Centres and Primary Health Centres using the tele-medicine platform. During the project period (December 2016 to June 2019), 8,574 people with diabetes were registered at the 18 CHCs/PHCs. 6,462 (75.4% of those registered) were screened by NCD staff. The government has agreed to scale up services in 3 more districts. |
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