Journal article
Association between perceived barriers to diabetes self-management and diabetic retinopathy in asian patients with type 2 diabetes
REK Man, EK Fenwick, ATL Gan, C Sabanayagam, P Gupta, A Aravindhan, TY Wong, GSW Tan, EL Lamoureux
JAMA Ophthalmology | AMER MEDICAL ASSOC | Published : 2017
Abstract
IMPORTANCE A patient's perceived barriers to diabetes self-management (DSM) may affect his or her risk of diabetic retinopathy (DR); however, few studies have examined this association. OBJECTIVE To examine the association between perceived barriers to DSM and the severity spectrum of DR in Asian patients with type 2 diabetes. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS A cross-sectional clinic-based study, the Singapore Diabetes Management Project, was conducted from December 28, 2010, to March 20, 2013, at the Singapore National Eye Centre, a tertiary eye care institute. After excluding patients with type 1 diabetes and ungradable fundus images, 361 participants were included in the analyses. Statis..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The Singapore Diabetes Management Project was funded by the National Medical Research Council (Singapore) as part of its Centre/Programmatic Project Grant. Dr Fenwick is funded by Early Career Fellowship 1072987 from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council.