Screening method for diabetic retinopathy: a review / Ani Zahidah Yahya

Screening for diabetic retinopathy can be successful with collaboration of all health care providers and government in supporting the screening programme. Screening can reduce and halt blindness and visual impairment resulted from late diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy. This paper systemically revie...

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Main Author: Yahya, Ani Zahidah
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Health Sciences 2015
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Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/26091/
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spelling uitm-260912019-11-20T07:26:57Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/26091/ Screening method for diabetic retinopathy: a review / Ani Zahidah Yahya Yahya, Ani Zahidah Diabetes Mellitus Screening for diabetic retinopathy can be successful with collaboration of all health care providers and government in supporting the screening programme. Screening can reduce and halt blindness and visual impairment resulted from late diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy. This paper systemically reviews the published literature on the screening methods for diabetic retinopathy itself. Searches were done through online database of UiTM library until May 2015. 13 studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria as these assessed the screening modalities used in all over the world. Mydriatic retinal photograph and slit lamp biomicroscopy is the promising approach in screening for the diabetic retinopathy. Nonetheless of the limitations of nonmydriatic retinal photograph, it is being accepted in few countries such as Scotland national screening programme. Implications of the study will expose Malaysia to various screening strategies being used in the world and specifically deliberates on screening battery that can be used in UiTM Optometry clinic in near future. Good screening strategy for diabetic retinopathy detection will lessen visual impairments resulting from late referrals to opthalmology departments to get treatment. Faculty of Health Sciences 2015 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/26091/1/PPb_ANI%20ZAHIDAH%20YAHYA%20HS%2015_5.pdf Yahya, Ani Zahidah (2015) Screening method for diabetic retinopathy: a review / Ani Zahidah Yahya. [Student Project] (Unpublished)
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Yahya, Ani Zahidah
Screening method for diabetic retinopathy: a review / Ani Zahidah Yahya
description Screening for diabetic retinopathy can be successful with collaboration of all health care providers and government in supporting the screening programme. Screening can reduce and halt blindness and visual impairment resulted from late diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy. This paper systemically reviews the published literature on the screening methods for diabetic retinopathy itself. Searches were done through online database of UiTM library until May 2015. 13 studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria as these assessed the screening modalities used in all over the world. Mydriatic retinal photograph and slit lamp biomicroscopy is the promising approach in screening for the diabetic retinopathy. Nonetheless of the limitations of nonmydriatic retinal photograph, it is being accepted in few countries such as Scotland national screening programme. Implications of the study will expose Malaysia to various screening strategies being used in the world and specifically deliberates on screening battery that can be used in UiTM Optometry clinic in near future. Good screening strategy for diabetic retinopathy detection will lessen visual impairments resulting from late referrals to opthalmology departments to get treatment.
format Student Project
author Yahya, Ani Zahidah
author_facet Yahya, Ani Zahidah
author_sort Yahya, Ani Zahidah
title Screening method for diabetic retinopathy: a review / Ani Zahidah Yahya
title_short Screening method for diabetic retinopathy: a review / Ani Zahidah Yahya
title_full Screening method for diabetic retinopathy: a review / Ani Zahidah Yahya
title_fullStr Screening method for diabetic retinopathy: a review / Ani Zahidah Yahya
title_full_unstemmed Screening method for diabetic retinopathy: a review / Ani Zahidah Yahya
title_sort screening method for diabetic retinopathy: a review / ani zahidah yahya
publisher Faculty of Health Sciences
publishDate 2015
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/26091/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/26091/1/PPb_ANI%20ZAHIDAH%20YAHYA%20HS%2015_5.pdf
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