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Scanlon, P. H., Carter, S. C., Foy, C., Husband, R. F. A., Abbas, J. and Bachmann, M. O. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1770-3506
(2008)
Diabetic retinopathy and socioeconomic deprivation in Gloucestershire.
Journal of Medical Screening, 15 (3).
pp. 118-121.
ISSN 0969-1413
Abstract
Objectives: To investigate socioeconomic variations in diabetes prevalence, uptake of screening for diabetic retinopathy, and prevalence of diabetic retinopathy. Methods: The County of Gloucestershire formed the setting of the study. A cross-sectional study of people with diabetes was done on a countywide retinopathy-screening database. Diabetes prevalence with odds ratios, uptake of screening, prevalence of any retinopathy and prevalence of sight-threatening retinopathy at screening were compared for different area deprivation quintiles. Logistic regression was used to adjust for confounding. Results: With each increasing quintile of deprivation, diabetes prevalence increased (odds ratio 0.84), the probability of having been screened for diabetic retinopathy decreased (odds ratio 1.11), and the prevalence of sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy among screened patients increased (odds ratio of 0.98), while the prevalence of non-sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy remained unchanged with each increasing quintile of deprivation. Conclusion: Sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy was associated with socioeconomic deprivation, but non-sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy was not. Uptake of screening was inversely related to socioeconomic deprivation.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Services and Primary Care Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Population Health |
| Depositing User: | Users 2731 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jan 2012 09:44 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Jul 2024 09:30 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/36225 |
| DOI: | 10.1258/jms.2008.008013 |
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