Awareness of diabetic retinopathy among diabetics in the Cape Town Metropole

Objective: To investigate the awareness of diabetic retinopathy (DR) among diabetics in the Cape Town Metropole by assessing: - Whether diabetics know that diabetes can affect their eyes. - Whether the awareness of DR differs according to subtype of diabetes, place of treatment (private versus public sector), level of education and socio-economic status. - Knowledge of systemic risk factors for developing DR. - Knowledge of treatment of DR. A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted as part of the Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness (RAAB) survey undertaken in 2010

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Division of Ophthalmology

Year dc:date.issued

2014

Author dc:creator

• Joubert, Francois

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Cockburn, Nicole

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6560

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/6560