TAMIZAJE VISUAL A PACIENTES DIABÉTICOS EN EL MEDICAL PLAZA DE PORTOVIEJO, ECUADOR

Abstract

Objective: Perform a visual screening of diabetic patients in the Medical Plaza health center in Portoviejo. Methodology: The execution of this work was carried out by the Medical Plaza center. The initial stage was developed with the review of the patient's general medical history and the signature of informed consent; instrument validated and modified from the guide of the Ministry of Public Health of Ecuador for the application in patients, to which questions regarding alterations related to ocular assessment were added and subsequently visual screening was performed using optical instruments such as; visual acuity and ophthalmoscope optotype; in order to obtain the results visually. It is important to mention that this assessment did not require invasive methods for the patient. Results: Of the 90 patients assessed, 17.8% were determined with RD, of which 13.3% claimed to have been diagnosed with RD. While 4.5% were selected with presumptive diagnosis. In 2017, a study carried out in Chile showed that 24.6% of people with diabetes suffer from RD. Conclusion: The rate of diabetic retinopathy has increased considerably in recent years although it is an avoidable disease. Assuming that the appearance of this pathology is mostly due to the lack of visual education. The benefit of a visual screening aimed at diabetic patients would mean the reduction of blindness and the development of other diseases such as macular edema, maculopathy and cataracts.