FP1211 : Community Level Door To Door Screening for Diabetes Mellitus (Dm), Glaucoma, Hypertension (Ht) and Diabetic Retinopathy

(DR). Dr. Rohan Chariwala, C16207,
Dr. Uday Ranchhoddas Gajiwala, Dr. Sheetal P
Chaudhari, Dr. Parth Joshi

Dr.RohanChariwala

Dr.UdayGajiwala

Dr.SheetalChaudhari

Dr.ParthJoshiDhavatSukharamwala

AkashShah

Dr.UdayGajiwala,Dr.SheetalChaudhari,Dr.ParthJoshiDhavatSukharamwalaAkashShah

Introduction

Cataract(62%of causesofblindness)remainsmajorcause of blindness inIndiafollowedbyRefractiveerrors(19.7%)whicharereversible

Emergingproblems(Irreversible)

DiabeticRetinopathy

6-10 % ofgeneral population affected with diabetes &25%develop DR.

Indiais “diabeticcapital”ofthe world.– Various modalities to screenfor DR

Glaucoma

opportunisticscreening–Difficulttoscreen

Purpose

To screenpeopleforBP, DM, IOPand DR (Byfundus photography) at their doorsteps

To identify, referandtreat for their ailmentsatthenearestofthe health facilities.

Methods and materials

Door todoorscreeningofpeople inthe villagesofTwotribaldistrictsUmarpada andMangrol

ScreeningofBP (≥150/90,DM(Urine

Sugar and Blood Sugar(≥140 mg%),IOP

(≥20)and fundus

LocalBoysandGirls were trainedas techniciansfordoing Urinesugar, Blood sugar, MeasuringIOPandBPand Capturingfundus photographs.

Methods and materials

U/S-Uristix

RBS- Glucometer

IOP- Reboundtonometry(i Care tonometer) — BP- Automated BP instrument

Fundus photography- TrinethraForres Fundus Camera

Imageswere saved at thetimeof capture at community level andscreening done by ophthalmologistat Base hopsital

Patient communicatedby our field workersto cometo base hospital ifany abnormality found

All wereusedwith calibration and alltechnicianswere trainedagainst expert senior staff before they wereallowed todo their respective jobs in the field.

Dataanalyzed bySPSS software

Results

Results

BS

  • Blood sugar- agood indicator than Urine sugar

IOP

Results

Results(Fundus Photography)

Results

Follow up (Interim) 

Conclusion

There aregood numberoffreshlydetected Diabetics andHypertensive patients foundin the community

RBS isalways agood indicator thanurinesugar

There arereasonable numbersofGlaucoma patientswhowerereferred tobase hospital batteryof investigations

Focus onlyon DM patients andcapture their fundus photographs rather thanentire population-as this not practical in termsofHR andother resources.

Thank you

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