Prevalence and Characteristics of Diabetic Retinopathy in the DONUM Foundation, Cuenca, July 2016 - February 2017

Abstract

Objective: To determine the Prevalence and Characteristics of Diabetic Retinopathy in the Foundation DONUM of the city of Cuenca in the period July 2016 - February 2017.

Materials and Methods: a cross-sectional study was carried out on 162 diabetic patients who attended the external consultation of the DONUM foundation of the city of Cuenca during July 2016 to February 2017. The population was characterized according to age, sex, residence, Values ​​of glycemia, as well as establishing the characteristics of retinopathy of the same. The data obtained were presented by means of graphs and tables and analyzed by means of descriptive statistics with the application of prevalence ratio (RP), and values ​​below p <0.05 were considered statistically significant with a 95% confidence interval (CI) and Were processed in the SPSS program 22..

Results: The prevalence of diabetic retinopathy (RD) was 38.3% in the 162 patients, with a predominance of females. They were older than 65 years (48.4%), mestizos (88.7%), The mean values ​​of glycemia are between 100 and 140 mg / dl (58.1%) and 83.9% have diabetes mellitus type 2. In 64.5% Non-proliferative RD 8.1% moderate non-proliferative RD 11.3% have severe non-proliferative RD 9.7% have low-risk proliferative RD and only 3.2% have high-risk proliferative RD. And 3.2% macular edema.

Conclusions: The Prevalence of Diabetic Retinopathy in the DONUM Foundation is high, the most affected are the elderly and suffering from type 2 diabetes mellitus.