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Awareness of diabetic retinopathy among diabetics in the Cape Town Metropole
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Division of Ophthalmology
2014
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| author | Joubert, Francois |
| author2 | Cockburn, Nicole |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/6560 Awareness of diabetic retinopathy among diabetics in the Cape Town Metropole Joubert, Francois Cockburn, Nicole Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references. Objective: To investigate the awareness of diabetic retinopathy (DR) among diabetics in the Cape Town Metropole by assessing: - Whether diabetics know that diabetes can affect their eyes. - Whether the awareness of DR differs according to subtype of diabetes, place of treatment (private versus public sector), level of education and socio-economic status. - Knowledge of systemic risk factors for developing DR. - Knowledge of treatment of DR. A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted as part of the Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness (RAAB) survey undertaken in 2010 2014-08-15T14:11:27Z 2014-08-15T14:11:27Z 2014 Master Thesis Masters MS http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6560 eng application/pdf Division of Ophthalmology Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Joubert, Francois Awareness of diabetic retinopathy among diabetics in the Cape Town Metropole |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Awareness of diabetic retinopathy among diabetics in the Cape Town Metropole |
| title_full | Awareness of diabetic retinopathy among diabetics in the Cape Town Metropole |
| title_fullStr | Awareness of diabetic retinopathy among diabetics in the Cape Town Metropole |
| title_full_unstemmed | Awareness of diabetic retinopathy among diabetics in the Cape Town Metropole |
| title_short | Awareness of diabetic retinopathy among diabetics in the Cape Town Metropole |
| title_sort | awareness of diabetic retinopathy among diabetics in the cape town metropole |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6560 |
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