Clinical practice guidelines: screening of diabetic retinopathy. Manual. Health Technology Assessment Section, Putrajaya, Malaysia. (2011)
Abstract
Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is an important public health concern. Globally there is a rising trend in the prevalence of DM due to many factors such as aging, urbanisation and increasing prevalence of obesity and physical inactivity. The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) predicts that the prevalence of DM in South East Asia will increase by two folds by the year 2025. The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that in the year 2030, Malaysia would have a total of 2.48 million people with DM. In Malaysia, the first National Health and Morbidity Survey I (NHMS I) conducted in 1986 reported a DM prevalence of 6.3%. This had risen to 8.3% in the NHMS II 1996 report. In the latest NHMS III 2006 report, the overall prevalence of DM was 11.6% and 14.9% in those aged above 18 and 30 years respectively. NHMS I and II involved subjects aged above 30 years while NHMS III was conducted among subjects above 18 years of age.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Manual) |
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| Keywords: | Diabetes Mellitus, Diabetic eye disease, Visual loss, Retinopathy |
| Taxonomy: | By Subject > Health Sciences > Optometry |
| Local Content Hub: | Subjects > Health Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Farleen Azrina Zamberi |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jul 2022 09:37 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Jul 2022 09:37 |
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