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EFFECT OF TYPE2 DIABETES ON EYE DISEASES (LENOPATHY, GLAUCOMA, RETINOPATHY AND OPTIC NEUROPATHY) Rashid, Estabraq Mufid Hamid; Khalaf, Zainab Ibrahim Harat; Muscat, Mariam Ahmed Abd alghfer; Ibrahim, Omar Hammed Saleh; Hussein, Haider Jassim Mohammed
Journal of Medical Genetics and Clinical Biology Vol. 1 No. 8 (2024): Journal of Medical Genetics and Clinical Biology
Publisher : PT. Antis International Publisher

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.61796/jmgcb.v1i8.822

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Awareness about diabetic eye complications and regular eye examinations plays an important role in avoiding blindness. Objective: To evaluate the level of awareness and knowledge about diabetic eye diseases among diabetic patients. Patients attending Ibn al-Haytham Teaching Hospital for Eye Diseases in Baghdad. Method: This is a cross-sectional study including a sample of 115 diabetic patients attending this center during the treatment period. The period is from 2023/8/15_2023/10/25. To achieve the objectives of the study, a closed study was conducted. A questionnaire that includes different variables related to diabetes awareness for each of them. The authors filled out the questionnaire during interviews with patients.