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Multicentre survey of retinopathy of prematurity in Indonesia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The incidence of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is higher in Indonesia than in high-income countries. In order to reduce the incidence of the disease, a protocol on preventing, screening and treating ROP was published in Indonesia in 2010. To assist the practical implementation of the protocol, meetings were held in all Indonesia regions, calling attention to the high incidence of ROP and the methods to reduce it. In addition, national health insurance was introduced in 2014, making ROP screening and treatment accessible to more infants.

Objective

To evaluate whether the introduction of both the guideline drawing attention to the high incidence of ROP and national health insurance may have influenced the incidence of the disease in Indonesia.

Setting

Data were collected from 34 hospitals with different levels of care: national referral centres, university-based hospitals, and public and private hospitals.

Methods

A survey was administered with questions on admission numbers, mortality rates, ROP incidence, and its stages for 2016-2017 in relation to gestational age and birth weight.

Results

We identified 12?115 eligible infants with a gestational age of less than 34 weeks. Mortality was 24% and any stage ROP 6.7%. The mortality in infants aged less than 28 weeks was 67%, the incidence of all-stage ROP 18% and severe ROP 4%. In the group aged 28-32?weeks, the mortality was 24%, all-stage ROP 7% and severe ROP 4%-5%. Both mortality and the incidence of ROP were highest in university-based hospitals.

Conclusions

In the 2016-2017 period, the infant mortality rate before 32 weeks of age was higher in Indonesia than in high-income countries, but the incidence of ROP was comparable. This incidence is likely an underestimation due to the high mortality rate. The ROP incidence in 2016-2017 is lower than in surveys conducted before 2015. This decline is likely due to a higher practitioner awareness about ROP and national health insurance implementation in Indonesia.

SUBMITTER: Siswanto JE

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7831712 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Multicentre survey of retinopathy of prematurity in Indonesia.

Siswanto J Edy JE Bos Arend F AF Dijk Peter H PH Rohsiswatmo Rinawati R Irawan Gatot G Sulistijono Eko E Sianturi Pertin P Wisnumurti Dewi A DA Wilar Rocky R Sauer Pieter J J PJJ

BMJ paediatrics open 20210122 1

<h4>Background</h4>The incidence of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is higher in Indonesia than in high-income countries. In order to reduce the incidence of the disease, a protocol on preventing, screening and treating ROP was published in Indonesia in 2010. To assist the practical implementation of the protocol, meetings were held in all Indonesia regions, calling attention to the high incidence of ROP and the methods to reduce it. In addition, national health insurance was introduced in 2014 ...[more]

PMID: 33532628

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Project description:PurposeTo describe the clinical characteristics of intraocular hemorrhages (IOHs) in infants in the Telemedicine Approaches to Evaluating Acute-Phase Retinopathy of Prematurity (e-ROP) Study and to evaluate their potential use for prediction of disease severity.DesignSecondary data analysis from a prospective study.ParticipantsPreterm infants with birth weight (BW) ≤1250 g.MethodsInfants underwent serial digital retinal imaging in both eyes starting at 32 weeks' postmenstrual age. Nonphysician trained readers (TRs) evaluated all image sets from eyes that ever had IOHs documented on image evaluation or eye examination for the presence, location, type, area, and relation of the IOH to the junction between vascularized and avascular retina. Associations of IOH with demographic and neonatal factors, and with the presence and severity of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) were investigated by univariate and multivariate analyses. Sensitivity and specificity of the telemedicine system for detecting referral-warranted ROP (RW-ROP) were calculated with and without incorporating hemorrhage into the standardized grading protocol.Main outcome measuresRetinal and vitreous hemorrhage.ResultsAmong 1239 infants (mean [standard deviation] BW = 864 [212] g; gestational age [GA] = 27 [2.2] weeks) who underwent an average of 3.2 imaging sessions, 22% had an IOH in an eye on at least 1 of the e-ROP visits. Classification of IOH was preretinal (57%), blot (57%), dot (38%), flame-shaped (16%), and vitreous (8%); most IOHs were unilateral (70%). The IOH resolved in 35% of eyes by the next imaging session and in the majority (76%) of cases by 8 weeks after initial detection. Presence of IOH was inversely associated with BW and GA and significantly associated (P < 0.0001) with the presence and severity of ROP (BW and GA adjusted odds ratios [ORs] of 2.46 for any ROP, 2.88 for stage 3, and 3.19 for RW-ROP). Incorporating IOH into the grading protocol minimally altered the sensitivity of the system (94% vs. 95%).ConclusionsApproximately 1 in 5 preterm infants examined had IOHs, generally unilateral. The presence of hemorrhage was directly correlated with both presence and severity of ROP and inversely correlated with BW and GA, although including hemorrhage in the grading algorithm only minimally improved the sensitivity of the telemedicine system to detect RW-ROP.

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Multicentre survey of retinopathy of prematurity in Indonesia.

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Multicentre survey of retinopathy of prematurity in Indonesia.

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