Diabetes and Retinopathy

The most common microvascular complication to diabetes is damage to the small vessels of the retina, diabetic retinopathy. Because the population ages and diabetes is more common at higher age, it is important to know how the elderly are affected by diabetic retinopathy. In the research project “Retinal examinations in diabetes” we investigate how many of the elderly has and gets diabetic retinopathy and evaluate how it is possible to optimize the retinal examinations which is the foundation in diabetic eye care to timely detect those who need local eye treatment.

Articles

Sharif A, Smith D, Hellgren KJ, Jendle J. Diabetic retinopathy among the elderly with type 2 diabetes: A Nationwide longitudinal registry study. Acta Ophthalmol. 2024 Feb 10. doi: 10.1111/aos.16659. Online ahead of print.

Sharif A, Jendle J, Hellgren KJ.Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy with Extended Intervals, Safe and Without Compromising Adherence: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Diabetes Ther. 2020 Nov 9:1-12. doi: 10.1007/s13300-020-00957-0.

Presentations

Sharif A, Jendle J, Hellgren K-J. Compliance to screening diabetic retinopathy with 18 to 36 months interval. 28th Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes Eye Complications Study Group (EASDec): Belfast Northern Ireland 24th- 26th May 2018. European Journal of Ophthalmology 2018;28(1_suppl):1-38.

Sharif A, Jendle J, Hellgren K-J.  Inter-observer reliability of counting retinal microaneurysms and haemorrhages in elderly with diabetes. European Association for the Study of Diabetes Eye Complications 33rd Conference, 1 - 3 June, 2023, Coimbra, Portugal.

Sharif A, Jendle J, Hellgren KJ. Retinala lesioner hos äldre med diabetes: en tvärsnittsstudie. Sveriges ögonläkarförenings årsmöte 11-13 oktober, 2023, Uddevalla.