The Kilimanjaro Diabetic Programme: the development of a sustainable regional eye health screening program to prevent blindness among diabetic patients due to diabetic retinopathy

A randomised controlled trial of screening strategies for diabetic retinopathy in Kilimanjaro region: a randomised controlled trial of the effect of a screening camera on uptake of screening for diabetic retinopathy (phase I) and a randomised controlled trial of the effect of mobile telephone text reminders of screening appointments on uptake of screening for diabetc retinopathy (phase II)

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN31439939

Enrollment

750

Registered

2011-06-02

Start date

2010-12-10

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2022-06-06

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Conditions

Diabetes mellitus, diabetic retinopathy Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Diabetes mellitus

Interventions

Phase I: 1. Intervention group: A digital diabetic retinopathy screening camera will be placed in the diabetic clinic at KCMC 2. Control group: patients will be advised

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All known adult diabetic patients resident in Kilimanjaro region and attending a diabetic clinic at Kilimanjaro Christain Medical Centre (KCMC) or at one of the district diabetic clinics in the 6 rural districts of Kilimanjaro region

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Diabetic patients from outside Kilimanjaro region attending the above clinics 2. Refusal or withdrawal of consent 3. Psychiatric illness preventing screening examination 4. Patients too ill on the day of screening to have an eye examination

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Uptake of screening for diabetic retinopathy, measured in August 2011	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Measured in January 2012: 1. Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in urban and rural diabetic patients in Kilimanjaro region 2. Prevalence of cataract in urban and rural diabetic patients in Kilimanjaro region	—

Countries

Tanzania

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 18, 2026