Diabetic Retinopathy Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Diabetic retinopathy
Conditions
Interventions
The Health Technology being assessed is a variable screening interval based on risk of diabetic retinopathy (DR) assessed using two field digital photographs after pupil dilation as used in the Englis
Sponsors
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Participants over the age of 12 years 2. Diagnosed with diabetes and have attended a diabetic retinopathy screening programme in one of the study areas of Gloucestershire, Coventry and Warwickshire, South London and Nottingham. 3. Have been sent the required information about transfer of risk factor data as advised by the Department of Health funded GP2DRS (?General Practice to Diabetic Retinopathy Screening?) Project and they would have been given the opportunity to inform their General Practice or Screening Programme that they did not want their risk factor data transferred. 4. The participants in this study are pseudoanonymised data on those people who have attended for screening and risk factor data has been transferred according to the recommended guidelines of the GP2DRS project.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. People with diabetes under 12 years 2. Those who have not attended for screening 3. Those people who have indicated that they do not want their risk factor data transferred to the screening services.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| A risk-based algorithm for screening interval | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Years of sight saved 2. Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) gained 3. Key recommendations for further research | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed