Author(s): Lukinga Witanene Jean Paul*
The present retrospective, descriptive study from January 01, 2009 to December 31, 2011 in the city of Kindu with 9,798 patients registered at the 5th CELPA Eye Care Center for a period of two years from which we selected 525 cases of Diabetic Retinopathy for a technique sampling of documentary analysis of cases recorded in the patient register. Was initiated to determine the prevalence of Diabetic Retinopathy in the city of Kindu and its surroundings.
Patients and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study collected retrospective conducted from January 01, 2009 to December 31, 2011 at the 5th CELPA eye care center in the city of Kindu from 525 cases of DR selected from the registers of hospitalisé and outpatients.
Results: DR is as common in type I diabetes as in type II diabetes. The reason for this difference is that type I diabetes is more aggressive than type II. The year 2010 there was a high frequency of patients compared to other years, this is justified by the fact that during this year there were several eye surgery campaigns for visiting doctors and this was free of charge. Our study has proven that men were examined a lot during this period than women, this is explained: the women of Maniema do not have sufficient means to access eye care only men who can decide. The maximum age group between 60-89 years is more affected compared to beings age groups, this is explained the disease is related to age, more people of the third age.
Conclusion: The Prevalence of Diabetic Retinopathy is considerable and it is accentuated by bilaterality, late detection of this condition predominates in the elderly constituting a real public health problem.
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