Research Article

An Innovative Australian Outreach Model of Diabetic Retinopathy Screening in Remote Communities

Table 4

Appearance of fundi (GP grader).

Left eyeRight eyeScreening episodes
(%) (%) (%)

No DR detected142 (66.7%)143 (66.2%)126 (58.9%)
DR detected
 Mild NPDR22 (10.3%)24 (11.1%)27 (12.6%)
 Moderate NPDR11 (5.2%)14 (6.5%)18 (8.4%)
 Severe NPDR2 (0.9%)1 (0.5%)2 (0.9%)
 Proliferative DR5 (2.3%)1 (0.5%)5 (2.3%)
 Total detected 40 (18.7%)40 (18.5%)52 (24.3%)
Inadequate image31 (14.6%)33 (15.3%)36 (16.8%)

Note: data was missing from two to five records.
Note: where the diagnosis differed between images of the right eye and left eye, the screening episode was categorised according to the most serious diagnosis. Where a patient had one inadequate image and the other image identified DR, the screening episode was categorised as DR.