Prevalence and Factors Related to Diabetic Retinopathy among Diabetic Type II Patients in Primary Care Units, Surin

Abstract

To describe prevalence and factors related to diabetic retinopathy among diabetic type II patients
in primary care units, a study was done among diabetic patients registered in 9 Primary Care
Units. Step 1, a cross-sectional descriptive study was done among 226 diabetics type II patients. In
step 2, a case- control was done among 16 confirmed diabetics retinopathy patients and 48 nondiabetic
retinopathy patients. A prevalence rate of diabetic retinopathy among the patients in the
primary care unit was 3.55 percent. Patients with diabetic diagnosed before 35 years of age, low
density lipoprotein level more than 115 milligram per deciliter and triglyceride level more than 300
milligram per deciliter were related to diabetic retinopathy.
Key words: diabetic retinopathy, low density lipoprotein, triglyceride