Variables

Workforce

Percentage

Risk factors

High blood pressure

90

45.45

Poor diabetes control

81

40.90

Cataract surgery

12

6.06

Proteinuria

11

5.56

Type of diabete

28

14.14

Duration of diabete

56

28.28

Pregnancy

04

2.02

Puberty

01

0.50

Dyslipidemia

50

25.25

Reason for consultation

Impact assessment

103

52

Decreasedvisualacuity

35

17.7

Visual blur

27

13.7

Pruritus

06

3.0

Redness

02

1.0

Eye pain

09

4.6

Wateryeyes

04

2.0

Photophobia

02

1.0

Diplopia

01

0.5

Routine consultation

06

3.0

Other

03

1.5

Consultation time after diagnosis of diabetes

Discovering

36

18

<1 year

77

39

>1 year

85

43

Circumstances of discovery of the diabetic retinopathy

Fortuitous

03

4

Impact assessment

32

44

Decreasedvisualacuity

25

34

Complication of DR

03

4

Other

10

14

Visual acuity

Good

97

49

Visual Impared

89

45

Blindness

12

6

Existence of diabetic retinopathy (n = 198)

Yes

73

37

No

125

63

Types/stages of DR (n = 73)

Minimum RDNP

18

24.7

Moderate RDNP

32

43.9

Severe RDNP

06

8.2

Proliferative RD

17

23

Complications of Diabetic Retinopathy (n = 7)

Neovascularglaucoma

02

28.6

Irian rubella

01

14.2

Retinaldetachment

04

57.2

Causes of visual impairment in diabetics (n = 160)

Glaucoma

23

14.3

Cataract

115

71.8

Age-relatedmaculardegeneration

03

1.8

Stargadtdisease

01

0.7

Ametropia

17

10.7

Myelin fibres

01

0.7