Assessing the feasibility, acceptability, and fidelity of a teleretinopathy-based intervention to encourage greater attendance to diabetic retinopathy screening in immigrants living with diabetes from China and African-Caribbean countries in Ottawa, Canada: A protocol
Abstract:Background: Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of preventable blindness in Canada. Clinical guidelines recommend annual diabetic retinopathy screening for people living with diabetes to reduce the risk and progression of vision loss. However, many Canadians with diabetes do not attended screening. Screening rates are even lower in immigrants to Canada including people from China, Africa and the Caribbean, and these groups are also at higher risk of developing diabetes complications. We aim to assess the f… Show more
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