Effectiveness of remote screening for diabetic retinopathy among patients referred to Mozambican Diabetes Association (AMODIA): a retrospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Diabetes represents a growing public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa, where diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a major cause of permanent visual loss. We reported the results of a remote screening of DR among urbanized Mozambican people with diabetes.

Methods

We retrospectively collected retinal images and clinical characteristics from 536 patients screened for DR in Maputo (Mozambique), over a period of 2 years (2018-2019). Retinal photographs were captured, digitally stored, and scored locally and by an expert ophthalmologist in Italy remotely.

Results

The overall prevalence of DR was 29% with sight-threatening forms accounting for 8.1% of that number. Inter-reader agreement between the local and the Italian ophthalmologists was poor (k < 0.2). Patients with DR

SUBMITTER: Rigato M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8761102 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature