Compliance with eye screening examinations among diabetic patients at a Tanzanian referral hospital

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 306-310

  Mumba, Musonda ^a   Hall, Anthony ^a   Lewallen, Susan ^a,b  

^a KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^b KCMC ^*  (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Diabetic retinopathy; Screening; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE CARE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; TANZANIA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COUNSELING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FUNDUS OCULI; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TANZANIA; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 36248976122     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580701272079     Document Type: Article

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