Effect of health education and screening location on compliance with diabetic retinopathy screening in a rural population in Maharashtra
| Autor: | Aarti More, Azhar Sheikh, Girdhari Lal Gupta, A. K. Shukla, Smita Singh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Rural Population medicine.medical_specialty India Teleophthalmology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Community health center Diabetes mellitus health education medicine Humans Mass Screening Grading (education) Diabetic Retinopathy business.industry Incidence screening Public health Diabetic retinopathy screening Reproducibility of Results Diabetic retinopathy Middle Aged medicine.disease Telemedicine Ophthalmology Family medicine 030221 ophthalmology & optometry Patient Compliance Female Original Article Health education screening location business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Ophthalmology |
| ISSN: | 0301-4738 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/ijo.ijo_1976_19 |
| Popis: | Purpose: To compare the acceptance of diabetic retinopathy (DR) screening by the proximity of care and health education in rural Maharashtra. Methods: Study was done in the public health facilities in four blocks (in two blocks at community health center (CHC) level and in other two blocks at primary health center (PHC) level with the provision of transport from villages to PHCs) over 3 months. Health education was not imparted in one block in each segment. Health education consisted of imparting knowledge on diabetes mellitus (DM) and DR by trained village-level workers. The screening was done using non-mydriatic fundus camera and teleophthalmology supported remote grading of DR. Results: In the study period, 1,472 people with known diabetes were screened in four blocks and 86.6% (n = 1275) gradable images were obtained from them. 9.9% (n = 126) were detected having DR and 1.9% (n = 24) having sight-threatening DR (STDR). More people accepted screening closer to their residence at the PHC than CHC (24.4% vs 11.4%; P < 0.001). Health education improved the screening uptake significantly (14.4% vs 18.7%; P < 0.01) irrespective of the place of screening—at CHC, 9.5% without health education vs 13.1% with health education; at PHC, 20.1% without health education versus 31.6% with health education. Conclusion: Conducting DR screening closer to the place of living at PHCs with the provision of transport and health education was more effective for an increase in the uptake of DR screening by people with known diabetes in rural Maharashtra. |
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