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Fatma R Khalaf,1 Heba M Fahmy,2 Ahmed K Ibrahim,3 Ghada A Mohamed,4 Manal El Sayed Ez Eldeen,4 Azza Elkady,5 Helal F Hetta6,7 1Department of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt; 2Department of Gerontological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt; 3Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt; 4Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt; 5Sohag University Medical Administration, Sohag, Egypt; 6Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt; 7Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USACorrespondence: Helal F HettaDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, 231 Albert B. Sabin Way, PO Box 670595, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0595, USAEmail hettahf@ucmail.uc.eduBackground and aim: Diabetic retinopathy is a serious and common complication of diabetes that causes irreversible blindness. The aim of the present study was to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practice regarding diabetic retinopathy among patients attending a diabetic clinic and identify the effect of an educational program about diabetic retinopathy.Patients and methods: Two hundred diabetic patients were recruited from the outpatient’s diabetic clinic, Assiut University hospitals, Egypt. Quasi-experimental (pretest-posttest) research design was applied using a structured interview questionnaire; including socio-demographic data, assessment of the patients’ knowledge, attitude, and practices toward diabetic retinopathy.Results: The mean score of knowledge and attitude showed significant improvement (5.3 and 15.1, respectively in pretest vs 16.7 and 16.8, respectively in posttest) among the diabetic patients (p |
