Methodology and early findings of the Diabetes Management Project: A cohort study investigating the barriers to optimal diabetes care in diabetic patients with and without diabetic retinopathy

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-82

  Lamoureux, Ecosse Luc ^a,b   Fenwick, Eva ^a   Xie, Jing ^a   Mcauley, Annie ^a   Nicolaou, Theona ^a   Larizza, Melanie ^a   Rees, Gwyn ^a   Qureshi, Salmaan ^a   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b   Benarous, Rehab ^a   Dirani, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Barrier; Diabetes; Diabetic retinopathy; Methodology; Protocol

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HIP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NECK; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKINFOLD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URINALYSIS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84856657885     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2011.02697.x     Document Type: Article

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