Raba Thapa|Sanyam Bajimaya|Govinda Paudyal|Shankar Khanal|H. Stevie Tan|Suman Thapa|Ger van Rens
Population awareness of diabetic eye disease and age related macular degeneration in Nepal: the Bhaktapur Retina Study
Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology|Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology|Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology|Tribhuvan University|Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam|Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology|Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
diabetic retinopathy dr agerelated macular degeneration amd among leading causes visual impairment blindness developing countries study aims explore awareness retinal diseases nepal population based crosssectional study conducted among individuals 60 years older bhaktapur district nepal one thousand consecutive subjects enrolled subjected structured questionnaire subject age ranged 60 93 years meanof 695 years 71sd males females comprised 451 559 population respectively majority illiterate 782 agriculture predominant occupation 798 121 aware effect diabetes eye among 99 aware diabetes blinding disease caused dr115 subjects aware dr 101 aware subjects diabetes undergo periodic eye examinations 76 subjects aware amd75 74 aware aggravation smoking sunlight exposure respectively younger age group males literates service holders best corrected visual acuity 03 logmar significantly associated increase awareness diabetic retinopathy smokers agricultural occupations less aware regarding amd diabeteswith without drwere significantly aware disease among bhaktapur population awareness dr amd 115 and76 respectively older age groups females illiterates farmers poor visual acuity less aware blinding diseases recommend communitybased eye health education programs targeted raising awareness diseases preventive measures