Prevalence of ocular complications of diabetes mellitus and their impact on quality of life for patients attending the Port of spain General Hospital, Trinidad
West Indian med. j
; 45(Suppl. 2): 23, Apr. 1996.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MedCarib
| ID: med-4632
Biblioteca responsável:
JM3.1
Localização: JM3.1; R18.W4
ABSTRACT
This study measured the amount of disability due to impaired vision in diabetic patients attending the outpatient clinics of Port-of-Spain General Hospital, Trinidad. Visual function and ocular disease were assessed using an E chart and direct dilation fundoscopy. Disability was measured using a modified version of the Lambert Health Survey Questionnaire, a broad measure of disability originally designed for use in a London inner-city borough. Questions unrelated to visual impairment were removed and others rewarded to be more applicable to a Caribbean population. Impairment was assessed in four areas ambulation and mobility, body care and movement, sensory and motor and social activities. Disability was defined as activity restrictions consequent upon disease or impairment. Point prevalence of disability was measured at 63 percent. Prevalence of severe visual impairment defined as one eye visual acuity of 6/60 or less was 37.5 percent and proliferative retinopathy was seen in 28.1 percent. Impairment in sensory and social activities was more common than in ambulation and body care which were only reported by patients with very poor vision. Overall more women than men reported disability though that reported by men was on average more severe. This apparent paradox may be partly explained by the greater willingness of women to report impairment, men only doing so when it becomes severe. Patients reporting greatest disability also had the worst visual function and ocular disease. These results show that diabetics suffer significant disability due to visual impairment and indicate those areas in which impairment is most common (AU)
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Bases de dados internacionais
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Transtornos da Visão
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Diabetes Mellitus
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de prevalência
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Fatores de risco
Aspecto:
Preferência do paciente
Limite:
Adulto
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe Inglês
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Trinidad e Tobago
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
West Indian med. j
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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Congresso e conferência