Diabetic Retinopathy Screening and Monitoring of Early Stage Disease in Australian General Practice: Tackling Preventable Blindness within a Chronic Care Model
Table 2
Screening rates achieved.
RRMA scores 1 = metropolitan 2 = other metropolitan 3 = large rural centre
Total eligible
Referral or reminder
Screening outcome
Study population
for screening recorded
recorded
()
(%)
(%)
4 = small rural centre 5 = other rural centre
Intervention
Control
Intervention
Control
Intervention
Control
1
174
181
174 (100)
101 (56)
173 (99)
40 (22)
Image unlikely†
Other pathologies‡
4
2
4
79
131
79 (100)
59 (45)
79 (100)
69 (53)
Image unlikely
Other pathologies
3
0
1
78
81
78 (100)
51 (63)
78 (100)
24 (30)
Image unlikely
Other pathologies
0
0
3
70
108
70 (100)
90 (83)
70 (100)
33 (31)
Image unlikely
Other pathologies
2
0
3
46
76
46 (100)
59 (78)
46 (100)
27 (36)
Image unlikely
Other pathologies
2
1
Total
447
577
447 (100)
360 (62)
446 (100)
193 (33)
1 patient had a referral noted for which there was no recorded outcome. †“Image unlikely” refers to patients who had minor physical issues which influenced the ability to get readable images and so were referred directly to the ophthalmologist. ‡“Other pathologies” refers to patients with pathology other than DR which required direct referral to the ophthalmologist.
