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Questionnaire survey on periodic ocular examination in Japanese diabetic patients
Hideharu Funatsu1, Sadao Hori, Erika Shimizu
1Department of Ophthalmology, Diabetes Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan. tfunatsu@nifty.com
Purpose:
To identify the reasons why diabetic patients do not undergo periodic examination.
Design:
Cohort study.
Methods:
A questionnaire survey of 1,333 Japanese type 2 diabetic patients was conducted at Tokyo Women's Medical University. Performance of ocular examinations was investigated over 5 years and the reasons for not undergoing examination were analyzed.
Results:
Periodic ocular examination was performed in 69.5% of patients, but not in 30.5%. The questionnaire survey showed that physicians usually explained the risk of ocular complications and recommended periodic examination. More than 98% of the patients were aware of diabetic eye disease. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed the main reason for skipping examination as a reason was that patients believed they had no diabetic retinopathy.
Conclusions:
Patients should be informed about the necessity of receiving periodic ocular examination even if they do not yet have retinopathy.
