Assessing risk for diabetic retinopathy among diabetics in the kalmunai region

Razmy, A.M; Rizath, M.M.A; Rayeeza, I

dc.contributor.author	Razmy, A.M
dc.contributor.author	Rizath, M.M.A
dc.contributor.author	Rayeeza, I
dc.date.accessioned	2015-09-04T06:01:07Z
dc.date.available	2015-09-04T06:01:07Z
dc.date.issued	2014
dc.identifier.citation	Annual Science Research Session 2014
dc.identifier.uri	http://ir.lib.seu.ac.lk/123456789/390
dc.description.abstract	Diabetic Retinopathy and diabetics are highly associated two severe diseases in human. This study asses the risk of getting Diabetic Retinopathy among the Diabetic patients in the Kalmunai region. For this a hospital based cross sectional study was carried out. All the diabetic patients who were attending to the diabetic clinic of the Ashraff memorial hospital during the month of May and June 2014 were screened for Diabetic Retinopathy and their demographic details were recorded. The risk for Diabetic Retinopathy among the diabetic patient was estimated as 13.16 %. No difference in risk of getting Diabetic Retinopathy was observed among different age group, educated level and gender patients. Risk of getting Diabetic Retinopathy was increasing with the duration of suffering from diabetic. The relative risk of getting Diabetic Retinopathy for > 12 years of diabetic patient is 3.55 times greater compare to the other age groups.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Faculty of Applied science South Eastern University of Sri Lanka Oluvil # 32360 Sri Lanka	en_US
dc.subject	Clinically Significant Macular Oedema	en_US
dc.subject	Diabetes Mellitus	en_US
dc.subject	Diabetic Retinopathy	en_US
dc.subject	Relative Risk	en_US
dc.title	Assessing risk for diabetic retinopathy among diabetics in the kalmunai region	en_US
dc.type	Conference paper	en_US