Total, n=2593 (%) | Attendance for screening, n=2217 (%) | No attendance for screening, n=376 (%) | P value* | |
At present time, how would you rate your eyesight using both eyes (with glasses or contact lenses, if you wear them)? | ||||
Good | 2237 (86.3) | 1903 (85.8) | 334 (88.8) | |
Fair | 325 (12.5) | 288 (13.0) | 37 (9.8) | |
Poor | 31 (1.2) | 26 (1.2) | 5 (1.3) | 0.229 |
Do you worry if you have any vision loss? | ||||
No | 1348 (52.0) | 1094 (49.4) | 254 (67.6) | |
Yes | 1113 (42.9) | 1014 (45.7) | 99 (26.3) | |
Don’t know | 132 (5.1) | 109 (4.9) | 23 (6.1) | <0.001 |
Do you know if diabetes would affect blindness (retinopathy)? | ||||
No | 25 (1.0) | 22 (1.0) | 3 (0.8) | |
Yes | 2063 (79.6) | 1787 (80.6) | 276 (73.4) | |
Don’t know | 505 (19.5) | 408 (18.4) | 97 (25.8) | 0.004 |
Do you believe early diabetic retinopathy is symptomatic? | ||||
No | 297 (11.5) | 245 (11.1) | 52 (13.8) | |
Yes | 504 (19.4) | 443 (20.0) | 61 (16.2) | |
Don’t know | 1792 (69.1) | 1529 (69.0) | 263 (70.0) | 0.103 |
Do you aware that there is treatment available for diabetic retinopathy? | ||||
No | 2140 (82.5) | 1824 (82.3) | 316 (84.0) | |
Yes | 453 (17.5) | 393 (17.7) | 60 (16.0) | 0.403 |
Do you think it is important to have regular eye examinations? | ||||
No | 259 (10.0) | 176 (7.9) | 83 (22.1) | |
Yes | 1964 (75.7) | 1752 (79.0) | 212 (56.4) | |
Don’t know | 370 (14.3) | 289 (13.0) | 81 (21.5) | <0.001 |
How often do you think your eyes should be examined if you are diabetic? | ||||
Never | 33 (1.3) | 22 (1.0) | 11 (2.9) | |
Less often | 151 (5.8) | 94 (4.2) | 57 (15.2) | |
Every year | 986 (38.0) | 878 (39.6) | 108 (28.7) | |
Every 6 months | 542 (20.9) | 498 (22.5) | 44 (11.7) | |
Don’t know | 881 (34.0) | 725 (32.7) | 156 (41.5) | <0.001 |
Have you ever been recommended by a doctor to have regular eye examination? | ||||
No | 2159 (83.3) | 1841 (83.0) | 318 (84.6) | |
Yes | 409 (15.8) | 359 (16.2) | 50 (13.3) | |
Don’t know | 25 (1.0) | 17 (0.8) | 8 (2.1) | 0.019 |
Have your eyes ever been screened by a general practitioner for diabetic retinopathy? | ||||
No | 2242 (86.5) | 1903 (85.8) | 339 (90.2) | |
Yes | 337 (13.0) | 304 (13.7) | 33 (8.8) | |
Don’t know | 14 (0.5) | 10 (0.5) | 4 (1.1) | 0.011 |
*P value by χ2 test for the comparison between attendance and non-attendance for screening.